THE QUMRAN TEFILLINS
Pic.1. Contemporary Tefillins
Pic.2. Leather phylactery cases from Qumran (4Q Phyl 1008).
1st century BC - 1st century CE.
Case A: length 3,2 cm width 1 cm;
Case B: length 2,2 cm; width 1,2 cm;
Case C: length 2 cm; width 1 cm;
Case D: length 2,3 cm; width 2,6 cm;
Case E: length 1,3 cm; width 2,1 cm
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Pic.3. The Qumran tefillin (original size):
a) the closed capsule; b - the open capsule with the texts included in it;
c) the third parchment slip with verses from Deuteronomy 5:1-21 and Exodus 13:11-16.
Pic.4. Using of tefillin during morning prayers
Pic.5. Using of tefillin during Bar Mitzva
Pic.6. The Qumran tefillin: the open capsule with the inscribed parchment slips in it (maximized).
Pic.7. The Qumran tefillin: the third parchment slip with verses
from Deuteronomy 5:1-21 and Exodus 13:11-16 (maximized).
Pic.8. A Tefillin from Wadi Murabaat (Mur 4 Phyl): Two from the four parchment slips.
Fragment A: 3,8 x 2,8 cm; Fragment B: 17,7 x 3 cm
