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4Q240 ( or 4QCant) is believed to be a commentary (or pesher) on the Song of Songs, also known as 'Canticles'. Written in Hebrew, it was found in Cave 4 at Qumran in the Judean Desert and comprises part of the Dead Sea Scrolls. From its palaeography (script) it has been identified as being early-Herodian.

Location

Included in Milik's original list, but this fragment has never been located.

References

Brian P. Gault. "Fragments of Canticles at Qumran". Revue de Qumran, 2010. p.352

External links

"The Dead Sea Scrolls and Why They Matter" – 4Q240 in Biblical Archaeology Review

v t e Dead Sea Scrolls
Texts	4Q106 4Q107 4Q108 4Q119 4Q120 4Q121 4Q122 4Q126 4Q127 4Q166 4Q175 4Q240 4Q246 4Q252 4Q448 4Q521 4Q542 4QDeuteronomy (4Q41) 4QInstruction (4Q415–418, 4Q418a, 4Q423, 1Q26) 4QMMT (4Q394–399) 6Q6 7Q1 7Q5 11Q5 The Great Psalms Scroll 11QpaleoLev 11Q13 Melchizedek 11Q18 New Jerusalem Barkhi Nafshi (4Q434–438) The Book of Giants The Book of Mysteries (1Q27 and 4Q299–301) Community Rule (1QS, 4QS, 5Q11, 5Q13) Copper Scroll (3Q15) Damascus Document (CD) Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen ar) Genesis Commentary Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nahal Hever Habakkuk Commentary (1QpHab) Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa ,1QIsa) Nahum Commentary (4QpNah/4Q169) New Jerusalem Scroll Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus scroll (11QpaleoLev) Physiognomies/Horoscopes (4Q186) Pseudo-Ezekiel Rule of the Blessing (1QSb) Rule of the Congregation (1QSa) Samuel Scroll The Seekers After Smooth Things Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice (4Q400–407) Songs of the Sage (4Q510–511) Temple Scroll (11Q19) Thanksgiving Hymns (1QH) The War of the Messiah/The Pierced Messiah Text (4Q285/11Q14) War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness (1QM)
Places	Qumran Qumran Caves cave 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Qumran cemetery Ein Feshkha Kohlit Secacah Wadi Murabba'at
Issues	Essenes Sadducees Carbon dating Yahad Ostracon Pesher Dual messiahs Teacher of Righteousness Wicked Priest Calendrical texts
Scholars	Martin G. Abegg John Marco Allegro Joseph M. Baumgarten John J. Collins Sidnie White Crawford Frank Moore Cross André Dupont-Sommer Robert Eisenman Hanan Eshel Joseph Fitzmyer Peter W. Flint David Noel Freedman Jean-Baptiste Humbert Florentino García Martínez Norman Golb Gerald Lankester Harding Yizhar Hirschfeld Ernest-Marie Laperrousaz Jodi Magness Józef Milik Elisha Qimron James A. Sanders Lawrence Schiffman Hershel Shanks Patrick W. Skehan Solomon H. Steckoll Hartmut Stegemann John Strugnell Eleazar Sukenik Carsten Peter Thiede Emanuel Tov John C. Trever Eugene Ulrich Roland de Vaux Géza Vermes Yigael Yadin José O'Callaghan Martínez
Other	AIAR/ASOR Aramaic Enoch Scroll Shrine of the Book Orion Center École Biblique Discoveries in the Judaean Desert Mar Samuel Muhammed edh-Dhib Najib Albina

v t e Song of Songs
Bible chapters	Song of Songs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Places	Carmel Damascus En-gedi Gilead Heshbon Jerusalem Jezreel Kedar Lebanon Mount Hermon Sharon Tirzah Zion
People	Amminadib David Shulamite Solomon Queen of Sheba
Phrases	Ivory tower Lily of the valley Rose of Sharon Veniat dilectus meus
Analysis	Shir HaShirim Rabbah Shir ha-Shirim Zutta Israelian Hebrew Five Megillot Poetic Books
In art	The Beloved (Rossetti) Sponsa de Libano Song of Songs (Tschirch)
Manuscripts	4Q106 4Q107 4Q108 6Q6 4Q240 (pesher)
Sources	Hebrew Bible Septuagint Wycliffe Version King James Version American Standard Version World English Version

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