The Great Isaiah Scroll

Title: The Great Isaiah Scroll
Rights: The Israel Museum, Fair Use.
Creator: Unknown
Date: ca. 100 BCE
Description: Manuscript A of the complete Book of Isaiah (one of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls found in 1947). This scroll contains all 66 chapters and 54 columns, and is well-preserved. The excerpt from the Hebrew Bible that refers to Lilith is also visible on the scroll: “The wild-cat shall meet with the jackals and the satyr shall cry to his fellow, Yea, Lilith shall repose there and find her a place of rest” (Isaiah 34:14).
Format: Scroll. Ink on parchment. 22-25 cm x 734 cm.
Language: Hebrew
Publisher: The Israel Museum
Contributor: Shaelyn Fett
Identifier: HU 95.57/27.
Subject: Book of Isaiah; Dead Sea Scrolls; 1st century BCE; Hebrew.
Source: Jpeg file. Photograph by David Harris; The Israel Museum Digital Collection. Accessed 10/21/2023. https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/198208-0.

Item sets: Lilith: The Demonization of Female Power and Sexuality-Shaelyn F.