科學家揭示死海古卷的遺傳奧秘
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以色列特拉維夫大學Oded Rechavi、Noam Mizrahi、瑞典烏普薩拉大學Mattias Jakobsson等研究人員合作揭示死海古卷的遺傳奧秘。該項研究成果於2020年6月2日在線發表於《細胞》雜誌。
由於大多數捲軸都是由動物的皮膚製成的,研究人員基於DNA序列對這些古卷碎片進行了鑑定。捲軸的遺傳排序闡明了它們的文字關係和歷史意義。這些發現消除了耶利米碎片之間爭議關係,並表明一些古卷從其他地方被帶到了昆蘭洞穴。
重要的是,它們表明耶利米的不同版本在整個以色列(古猶太)同時傳播。同樣,在非聖經捲軸中發現的模式(特別是《安息日犧牲之歌》)表明,昆蘭捲軸代表了該時期更廣泛的文化環境。最後,遺傳分析解決了古蘭經書卷中有爭議的片段。這些研究表明,多學科手段可增強相關研究。
據悉,擁有2000年歷史的死海古卷的發現對猶太教和基督教的歷史理解產生了重要影響。「拼湊在一起」的古卷碎片就像解決拼圖,缺少了未知數量的零部件。
附:英文原文
Title: Illuminating Genetic Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Author: Sarit Anava, Moran Neuhof, Hila Gingold, Or Sagy, Arielle Munters, Emma M. Svensson, Ebrahim Afshinnekoo, David Danko, Jonathan Foox, Pnina Shor, Beatriz Riestra, Dorothée Huchon, Christopher E. Mason, Noam Mizrahi, Mattias Jakobsson, Oded Rechavi
Issue&Volume: 2020-06-02
Abstract: The discovery of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls had an incomparable impact on the historical understanding of Judaism and Christianity. 「Piecing together」 scroll fragments is like solving jigsaw puzzles with an unknown number of missing parts. We used the fact that most scrolls are made from animal skins to 「fingerprint」 pieces based on DNA sequences. Genetic sorting of the scrolls illuminates their textual relationship and historical significance. Disambiguating the contested relationship between Jeremiah fragments supplies evidence that some scrolls were brought to the Qumran caves from elsewhere; significantly, they demonstrate that divergent versions of Jeremiah circulated in parallel throughout Israel (ancient Judea). Similarly, patterns discovered in non-biblical scrolls, particularly the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, suggest that the Qumran scrolls represent the broader cultural milieu of the period. Finally, genetic analysis divorces debated fragments from the Qumran scrolls. Our study demonstrates that interdisciplinary approaches enrich the scholar’s toolkit.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.046
Source: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)30552-3
Cell:《細胞》,創刊於1974年。隸屬於細胞出版社,最新IF:36.216