fet I wRI oD Pan be AARON ON FIN TR a ON TID WDA TAD 12 Foon Howaw Ka ov Yaa ny WITT 13 [RD 53 rox or 990 Tan wT eA ML AMAwND 14 APA aN Areavenia3 92a? pina 711 wR? Na Ta vn wan 1S TAY wT SOVINT PON YD WR? CD) BND 7D TI-ENA TDN 16 AD Sew) fos mayan wx AI ND AMA 17 7D wR 1D Ta? Aovia Wah mrad WAL Ma ADMN A, 18 weDT OTM] MA FOP) GRD vaear TI INT I WE? 19 ABAD TAL ...17 {Pv np awa Ann? AWE vacat PIN NYA 20. [... Jawa cry oy qbnna a aavannna mm mp 21 pom awn ov Tan FOE wae rm ineea plan we MNP] vax NR 1 Frag. 21v OOH ADA mek 7a wan Ne 3 L.Jwm na Swan nIMR 2 Jgeaay Tb? on? Mana Me Awad yy 4 EAM AAI] mom pyy Nw TD SP NWN Ov Tne ANS [sy mean 7 [AMA ..). wn Pian Yor Aan na Ywer pote 998 Mansne maNM awe 8 [Alama v7 spor Ndr rama ou 10 [..J2n masa De Neva VV [ITTY AION 1.) fonfainaa mama3 11 [Jaan 2x maya (a9 m0) mbnbo Lodotal id [nip wm npn nw 13° LJ vacar yp moNyMID 12 ye Nona they > NL.) 2 L.. Fanon mam>wl...] 1 Frag.3 (fe 99a VND AV! Bin ay v'pwn dKL..] 3 [.. NNIpE PIT oo TPP PRD IN OTT OTA PD TE wn RL. 4 L.. INSEL ., J. we 9221.16 L.. aln Yo ROY wmaAPYY DAY 2 [J IMD WILD 1 Frag. 4 852 lo not say: T ud your should to your heart, and with much knowl. ie the mystery of existence, and consider all ind observe closely all the rots of injustice. 15 Then you will or for a human being and what is sweet for a mun, lonour your father in your poverty, 6 and your mother in your steps. For like «go human being, so is his father; and dominion over you and formed (2) the spi had opened your ears to (2) the mystery of existence, honour them for your ‘own glory, and [...] honour their presence, 19 for the sake of your life and the length of your days, stank And if you are poor ‘you take a wife in your poverty, take the offspring [...] 2 from the mystery of existence, When you are joined together, walk with the help of your flesh ..] Frag, 2 col. tv (= 4Q418 10; 4Q418a 18) + bis father [and] clea[ve to his wife, and become one flesh] » He has given you dominion over het, and ...[...] 3 not has he given dominion over her. He has separated her from her mother, and towards you [is her heart. And she shall be] 4 for you, to (be) one flesh, He will separate your daughter for another (man), and your {for the daughters of your neighbour, s and you, to (be) together with the wife of your bosom, for she is the flesh of [your] nakledness.] 6 And have dominion over her, apart from you, has displaced the boundary of his life [... Over her spirit] 7 he has given you dominion, that she should walk in accordance with your xd no more. A vow or offer(ing] 8 your spirit may revoke according to your will, And every obligatory oath of her, vowing a vows] 9 annul with an utterance of your mouth, and aecording prevent [.. ro your lips. He «forgives» her for your sake. Do not multiply [...] 11 your glory in your inhefritlance [...] 12 in your ink lest Bink [..] 13 the wife of your bosom and the sharnfe of...) 4. Frag. 3s [..)your well- is the inheritance of all 3 [...] you should not have rest until evil has come to an end, for anger is ‘against all (...1 4 [..] you will not... anguish, for great are the mercies of God, and infinite [..]5 [1 your [a7 Loa] and according to their host Frag.4 + {..] anger, forhe loves [..] 2 fury, foragainst them he blows upon the 853 roBMI TO wacar AON waca! Dt (NPA TD thy Aon bet dfrfox Wy [rowed ta oer ao a 22 af fae AaTo mbn Foti Oa [wy fw aod y9 23 gran OK Afsa Awd aaPwaT no seta OMIA 24 26 figa Awa anon ON Ih... ADWwADY VAD ON) 25 M4 fopNT A... Juawa ws» e 27 RTA dw mane wa Jans ont ny aw)... mIyw ondsh AP PRN OI 1 Frags: na Ae nhs yr orm do 3 ABDRN TP EPL OR] 4 pein AMD WON New) Al ADA Inf TNA 7a YL. nao NIN oD D1 MW AIMN OhW vMAL... ha awn 6 nm TY WN NAA a ADMIN ND... ADIT wa a nw 7 aw 9 Im Tan ox pra S93 TanM Jupan bx noMITM ADD 8 Wo) PhS AM [SIA AI NI WRK LOL... 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Yo TPAN RN 200 [DA MMW RD wR ADWEI dwn de don OX ANIA AI AaNsM 21 ewan q van dN MIMD PR Toa Agwan Ns}yn gM nM Tay 22° [AaMT Ww pA ADwaI Omma wey 1 AINA WA syn YN 23 [AIT Noen dN. 856 food, ‘And what be gives you for straxteu 2¢ Wank your life, Blank not (sleofp 22 day ot night £80 tae nat te Fie clses isha be sii at his reproach] evel Anda sepa all et will be gathered acent hae aioe you will cov ‘quickly repay, anc yous money, 6am have entrusted] 7 creditor in favour of your Bs y fe that he does not take] 8 your purse. ; ge] your holy [0 ifa manis: according to his specs 1 [do not aba wes} his servilee [on you, his (s i ‘has thieved me, and it nso ana teat and the wit o emt bce sn wl ke .§ for you are [his] serl ea My awake berate of 20H sal ‘and also do not de~ it jou like a man OF —- 1d you, do not trust ach for what is spa your disgrace becomes ex(eeel et er that you ae] 2» asecvain the sp [And for money do no ) st you bequeath (only) yor soul for money. Kis sofrve your overseer ty and do not mortgage (your4Qts4 1 th EM, Allegro, DID ¥, 8: PAM 43.432 ROC 287; fing, 2, Or Bibliography J.M. Allegro, “The Wiles of che Wicked Woman: A Sapiential Work from Qumran’s Fourth Cave’, PEQ 96 (1964) 53-553 J. Carmignac, ‘Pose allégorique sur Ia secte Revd 5/19 (1965) 361-374; A.M. Gazov-Ginzberg, ‘Dovble-Meaning in a Qumran Work: The Wiles of the UPI ran amen myn NL.) 930 es ALL 1 Frag. 1 pnp po na? ‘eyhn xilwa a pom phyonn opr 2. [.. Pa a7 wan? man me wan er bya dwa 3 [PPy mwipa nr yy J] PEIII MY! IM Twin sow 4 L.. IMawea nA Ty Dow MN MW WI Mex TOI SL...) waar ney mayn Jon "a2wn Pmya Na tpaya 6 [...|nMw Me CPN} ey coaNa TawM naw YARN 7 MYER “OTA TM wR AT WRIT mem maw {} -Pxe 8 2 -pna Anon PR odw “pI pa ANT Aa coeIn 9 PA}s2 Aw Prom M2 MAA Dw DTT ID wR S910 mawa mem aaye neon ovaw TPN NI 377 ITT NPD Genee qexn ava nea ni sey aw yw mows Abnhenn oronoaa xbin nnw yep poms a1 pawl 2a mwa Pens LL px awenn np mywaayynn Py MawmMaL...99 12. [...J. TKN mp2 Paypyy ow AIM maT Py Pan nha 13 Ay} pew iawom onsly leew pas 14 fwpsty nhsn? on mpa Man [avin pmb myn TM 15 PIE “PnAy TT Mund Braye muah ey omy 16 ywend Phin mawnd aw rdw mawn wwe ayaa 17 srr ba mpaladla hit wand prs ot WR ID Mpa Mss AW IITA Wy Frag. 11 She [...] utters fui 4QA84 4QWIles of the Wicked 1 nan’, RevQ 6/22 (1967) 279-285; H. Burgman, “The Wicked Der Makkabller Simon?*, Rev 8/31 (1974) 323-359; R.D. Moore, ‘Personification of the Seduction of Bvil: ‘The Wiles of the Wicked Women", ReoQ 10/40 (1981) 505-519; J.M. Baumgarten, ‘On the Nature of the Seduc~ tress in 4Q184", RevQ 15/57-58 (1991) 133-143; ¥. Zur, Parallels between’ Acts of Thotnas 6-7 and 4QU84", RevO 16/61 (1993) 103-107 ‘and in [...]. She is always looking for depravie fies, fand] whets the words of her mouth, ...) >and implies insult, and is [busy leading the community astray with non{sense.] Her heart weaves traps, her kidneys nfets, Her eyes] 5 have been defiled with evi, her hands grasp the pit, her feet descend to act wickedly and to walk in crimes. [...] 4 (are) foun- dations of darkness, and there are plenty of si night gloom and her clothes {(are) ...] 5 Her veils are shadows of and her adornments diseases ofthe pit. Her beds {her couches} are couches of the pit, [16 (ate) deep ditches. Her lodgings are couches of darkness and in the heart of the nigh{e] are her tents. In the foundations of gloom 7 she sets up ‘and camps in the tents of silence, in the midst of eternal fire. She hnas no inheritance among all § those who shine (.) brightly. She is the start of all the ways of wickedness. Alas! She is the ruination of all who inkerit her, ‘and the calamity of all | who grasp her. For her paths are paths of death, and her roads are tracks to sin, Her tails lead astray 10 towards wickedness, and hner pathways tothe guilt of transgression, Her gates are the gates of death, in the entrance to her house Sheofl] proceeds. 17 Afi} {those who go to her will not} come back, and all those who inherit her will descend to the pit. Sfhle hides in ambush in seeret places, [...] 12 alll...) Inthe city squares she veils herself, and in the gates ofthe village she stations herself, and there is no-one cefep her) 13 from (her) incessant [fornicatJing. Her eyes scan hither ‘and thither, and she raises her eyebrows impudently, to spot a r4 just ma{n} and overtake him, and a {no]ble man, to trip him up; the upright to turn (from) ‘the path, the righteous chosen ones 15 from keeping the precept, to make those steady [ ith recklessness, and those who walk up- rightly to alter the ordi{najnce. To make 16 the simple rebel against God, to turn their steps off the paths of justice, to bring presumpt{uous}ness into the {hea}, so that they do not walk 17 in the paths of uprightness. To sidet to the ways of the pit, and seduce the sons of men with smooth word ay Wicked mi 377E 7 fa] DOVE WY TN WL] 6 [..] MND WRI*D YIN °ID” TV 49> oD TOR AN Josty 8 mpy pe PEN 10 B09 “IN OWN 7a OMNY PAM JL.JwDL AIA 9 Run yey aay Yay 11 ys fla v}aw2 von PD MMB weANN MEY Nov mwpa” vacar M773 NB R12 Tab yrIay> mp’ Ty mm “ay RD WEY TIN [PAINT oy yar SD NIT13.— MPD PR? WiNwE? AWwy Mxopy MIN wad MAL] yo waM oN 14 vow vine upp a2 PML On Pawla yD Bena 15 827 MPH OUT PION NOWELL WL Frags can faa) Ba’ Do" MNWYL ... Indo oN 2 m7 ORD] 4 mm 37 Mon PRIA NED UDPID 0 Jew? nove] 3 ap 31 xen prwm> pen ann apypd mw we 70.1 ypxn vel] 6 wip ne mee nny> xo ney... Mwy Inbaa mx s YTD... J... NIT hee 7 WWI PR 7D POND To Sam Y? mans ow “wR Oy 9 TY NEN TBD LJ}. [...J0n m8 AONE) J871° 100 mana xo syaN? mye Edam be OL... 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Listen to me, my sons, and do eee to Flaob and the path do ra wa. bt he way which ecm an is which dered oT 1 ond pe eto teh it be afc es Bij andto be topes om isangls kes 7] oad hs [elt and bs inl a8 72 8 be dis the man to whom she before him shall the evil go out to all people. ad pana shoul od ram: has ben given, the son of mala .] . ewiske) PET saying: She has not been given 10 10 me and pha ved Isat and ikea god git ives er He een shold “nd find her and ho[ld] fast to her cays, and greasy bo and get her as an inheritance; with her ere ae lon ae yo od and a happy heast, richfes and honour] 13 His 379