Text from Egypt
The Jewish community in Egypt was now also under the reign of Ptolemy I. The Papyrus Amherst 63, discovered in Luxor, Thebes in the 1890s, is a 4th Century BCE text from the Jewish community in Egypt. It contains Aramaic texts written in Egyptian demotic script.
One section containing Psalms 20, provides an "unprecedented" extrabiblical parallel to a text from the Hebrew Bible.
The section reads:"…May A-donai answer us inour troubles…May Yaho give to us...Our heart’s desire….Every wish, may Yaho fulfill…"
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Papyrus Amherst 63, discovered in Luxor, Thebes in the 1890s
"…May Adonay answer us in our troubles… May Yaho give to usOur heart’s desire…. Every wish, may Yaho fulfill…"
Psalm 20 of King David Psalms 20:2, 5, 6
May the L-RD answer you in time of trouble… May He grant you your heart’s desire... May the L-RD fulfil your every wish.
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