Ezekiel

Sources

• Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library (Israel Antiquities Authority) (opens in a new tab)

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• Wikipedia, list of manuscripts from Qumran Cave 11 (opens in a new tab)

Objections & responses

The Ezekiel fragments are tiny, and the big text-critical issues in Ezekiel involve the Septuagint being shorter, which the fragments can’t resolve.

Correct on both points; the honest summary is fragmentary and consistent where checkable, not broad confirmation. The Masada Ezekiel scroll, found outside Qumran, is a better witness and aligns closely with the Masoretic tradition. The Septuagint’s shorter Ezekiel remains a live question that the Judean desert finds do not settle.

Appears under 1 claim in this case

• The Dead Sea Scrolls show the Old Testament text was copied with remarkable stability across about a thousand years, alongside a documented plurality of text forms.