Ecclesiastes - 𐤒𐤄𐤋𐤕

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Canonical Versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Masoretic Text of Ecclesiastes
- in Hebrew		 קהלת (לפי נוסח חמסורה)
מקור: מִקְרָא עַל־פִּי הַמָּסוֹרָה 		Leningrad Codex

Peshitta Ecclesiastes
- in Syriac Aramaic		ܩܘܗܠܬ
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה		Codex Ambrosianus

Ethiopic Ecclesiastes
- in Ge'ez		መጽሐፈ ፡ መክብብ ።
ዐይን: Samuel Mercer
Manuscript transcriptions from THEOTd'Abbadie 35; d'Abbadie 55;
EMML 7103; Faitlovitch Ms. 1;
Gunda Gunde 106; Tan. 54;
Vat. Cerulli 75;
all THEOT transcriptions aligned (sample of text only)
Typical "early" mss.:
EMML 2080 (14th-16th c.) [p: 169]; EMML 1768 (late 15th c.) [p: 289];
EMIP 1029 (15th-16th c.) [p: 14]; EMML 7584 (16th c.) [p: 70];
d'Abbadie 55 (16th c.)
Typical "standardized" mss.:
Cambridge Ms. 1570 (translated by Jacob the Israelite) (1588, early for this type);
Faitlovitch 1 (17th c.) [p: 33]; EMML 7103 (1659) [p: 64];
EMML 2440 (1663) [p: 62]; Gunda Gunde 106 (1682-1706) [p: 195];
EMML 38 (18th c.) [p: 137]; EMIP 2007 (18th c.) [p: 43]
Typical "modern" ms.:
EMIP 1070 (1914) [p: 128];
IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 410v]
Beta Israel mss. :
Faitlovitch 2 (15th c.) [p: 39]; d'Abbadie 30 (17th-18th c.)
Mss. representing a single "minor recension":
EMML 3439 (18th c.) [p: 23]; EMML 1917 (early 19th c.) [p: 142]
"Outlier" mss.:
D'Abbadie 35 (17th c.);
Davies Axum Zion 3 (1664, formatted like a psalter) [p: 311]

Septuagint Ecclesiastes
- in Koine Greek		Εκκλησιαστής:
Rahlfs' edition
πηγή: nocr;
Swete's edition
πηγή: biblehub 		Codex Vaticanus (p: 750)

Vulgate Ecclesiastes
- in Latin		 ecclesiastes
fons: vulgate.org		Codex Gigas

Semi-canonical and non-canonical versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Dead Sea Scrolls versions of Ecclesiastes
- in Hebrew		 ספר קהלת: נוסחי מגילות ים המלח
מקור: הדרך ליהוה 		All Dead Sea Scrolls Qohelet fragments

Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") Ecclesiastes
- in Latin		 ecclesiastes
fons: Petri Sabatier

Targum Five Megillot on Ecclesiastes
- in Jewish Aramaic		תרגום ה' מגילות על קהלת
מקור: מקראות גדולות של ספריא
critical edition
מקור: ארמיטה		Ms. Paris Hebrew 110
(The National Library of France)

Early Palestinian Christian version of Ecclesiastes
- in "Syriac" Aramaic		 general fragment
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה

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