[German Version]

Fragments of 22 text columns (the most complete being II, XII, XIX–XXII) have been preserved of an Aramaic retelling of Genesis, of which the extant text encompasses Gen 5:28–15:4. The manuscript dates from the decades around the beginning of the common era; a Qumran-Essene authorship cannot be corroborated. In terms of literary genre, the text may be characterized as an embellishing paraphrase containing Targum-type translation passages (Bible translations: I, 4) and midrashic segments, though the composition as a whole can neither be classified…