What is 8HevXII a?
[[File:Lxx Minorprophets.gif|thumb|LXX<sup>VTS 10a</sup> (''LXX 8HevXII a'')]] '''8HevXII a''' (originally marked '''LXX<sup>VTS 10a</sup>'''; '''Rahlfs 943a''') is a Septuagint manuscript that containing the biblical books of minor prophets. This is a manuscript in scroll form dated to the 1st century. It was found in the Judean Desert in the cave number 8 of Nahal Hever. This fragment is also marked with number 943a on the list of Septuagint manuscripts according to [[Alfred Rahlfs]] classification. This scroll contains the name of God [[YHWH]] in the following places: Jon 4:2; Mic 1:1, 3; Mic 4:4, 5, 7; Mic 5:4, 4; Hab 2:14, 16, 20; Hab 3:9; Zep 1:3, 14; Zep 2:10; Zec 1:3, 3, 4; Zec 3:5, 6, 7. This manuscript was published in ''Supplements to Vetus Testamentum'', Vol. X, in 1963.{{sfn|Würthwein|1963|pp=1963}} The original designation of the scroll comes from the abbreviated name of the publication in which it was published (LXX - manuscript of the Septuagint; Vetus Testamentum, Supplements; volume X). This manuscript is kept in the [[Rockefeller Museum]] in [[Jerusalem]] (8HevXII a). == References == {{reflist}} == Bibliography == *{{Cite book|first=Emanuel|last=Tov|title=The Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nahal Hever (8HevXIIgr) (The Seiyâl Collection I). With the Collaboration of R.A. Kraft and a Contribution by P.J. Parsons|series=Discoveries in the Judean Desert|volume=8|date=1990|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0198263272|pages=19}} *{{cite book|last=Würthwein|first=Ernst|title=Supplements to Vetus Testamentum|volume=10|location=Leiden |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |year=1963|pages=170–178}} [[Category:Septuagint manuscripts]] [[Category:1st-century biblical manuscripts]]