Editing 7Q5 (section)

{{short description|Dead Sea scroll fragment}}
[[Image:7Q5.jpg|thumb|right|Fragment 5 from Cave 7 of the Qumran Community in its entirety]]

Among the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]], '''7Q5''' is the designation for a small Greek [[papyrus]] fragment discovered in [[Qumran]] [[List of manuscripts from Qumran Cave 7|Cave 7]]. It contains about 18 legible or partially legible Greek letters and was published in 1962 as an unidentified text. The editor assigned the fragment to a date between 50 BCE and 50 CE on the basis of its handwriting.<ref name="M. Baillet, J.T. Milik 1962">M. Baillet, J.T. Milik, and R. de Vaux (eds.), ''Les 'petites grottes' de Qumrân'' (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert of Jordan III; Oxford: Clarendon, 1962), 144.</ref> In 1972, the Spanish papyrologist [[José O'Callaghan Martínez|Jose O'Callaghan]] argued that the papyrus was in fact a fragment of the [[Gospel of Mark]], [[Mark 6#Textual witnesses|chapter 6]], verses 52 and 53. While some New Testament textual scholars have been unpersuaded by this argument, a vocal minority continue to support the identification of the fragment as a part of the Gospel of Mark.<ref>{{cite journal|quote=... Qumran ms. 7Q5 ... is captioned as if it contains a fragment of Mark: it was of course O'Callaghan who made that controversial — and now virtually universally rejected — identification of this Dead Sea text as a piece of the New Testament ... |last=Elliot |date=2003 |first=J. K. |title=Book Notes |journal=Novum Testamentum |volume=45 |number=2 |pages=203 |jstor=1561021}}</ref><ref>Gundry (1999), p.698. [[Carlo Maria Martini]], S.J., Archbishop of Milan and part of the five-member team which edited the definitive modern edition of the Greek New Testament for the United Bible Societies agreed with O'Callaghan's identification and assertions.</ref> Scholars who disagree with the 7Q5 identification who presented papers (Harald Risesenfeld, C. Martini, Camilie Focant, Stuart Pickering and Rosalie Cook). Some high profile papyrologists have given statements to support the identification of 7Q5 as Mark 6.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=_ak3KqUEdNYC&pg=PA40&dq=eichstatt+7q5+symposium&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjPtrbx9eGMAxWBjYkEHfDtCgMQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=eichstatt%207q5%20symposium&f=false</ref> This includes [[Orsolina Montevecchi]],<ref> https://books.google.com/books?id=ddGLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA32&dq=orsolina+montevecchi+7q5&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGuIjSjeKMAxVil4kEHaDnGpkQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=orsolina%20montevecchi%207q5&f=false </ref> President (later honorary president) of International Papyrological Association, [[Sergio Daris]] Honorary President of the Papyrological Association,<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=-VsPAQAAMAAJ&q=s+daris+7q5&dq=s+daris+7q5&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIn9LdheSMAxUMJNAFHWmWGzUQ6AF6BAgFEAM#daris%20thought</ref> [[Heikki Koskenniemi]]<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqR6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT66&dq=%C2%A0koskenniemi+7q5&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi72cG6h-SMAxXCOjQIHdFgO8kQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=%C2%A0koskenniemi%207q5&f=false</ref> and [[Herbert Hunger]].<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqR6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT66&dq=7q5+heikki&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6kLSM9-GMAxVprIkEHWw9BJYQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=7q5%20heikki&f=false</ref><ref> https://books.google.com/books?id=nnFXAAAAYAAJ&q=orsolina+montevecchi+7q5&dq=orsolina+montevecchi+7q5&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjV-fz9jeKMAxWHCnkGHSVVBx44ChDoAXoECAUQAw#orsolina%20montevecchi%207q5</ref><ref> https://books.google.com/books?id=_ak3KqUEdNYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=orsolina+montevecchi+7q5&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjTp5OljuKMAxWtv4kEHbogKMc4FBDoAXoECAYQAw#v=onepage&q=orsolina%20montevecchi&f=false</ref>