The Dead Sea Psalms scrolls and the Book of Psalms / / by Peter W. Flint.

• Superior document: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 17
• Author: Flint, Peter W.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : Brill,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English; Hebrew; Ancient Greek
• Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 17.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages, 10 pages of plates) :; illustrations, maps.
• Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 1993.

Among the Dead Sea Scrolls, Psalms are found in no less than thirty-nine manuscripts. This groundbreaking volume presents the first comprehensive study of these scrolls, by making available a wealth of primary data and investigating the main issues that arise. The first part provides information which many scholars will find enormously helpful, such as descriptions of the manuscripts, listings of variant readings, a synopsis of superscriptions, and indices of contents of all the Psalms scrolls. The second part investigates the issues, some of which are relevant to the Book of Psalms itself (e.g. stabilization in two distinct stages), while others focus upon 11QPsa, the largest Psalms scroll (e.g. part of an edition of the Book of Psalms), and one involves the relation of these manuscripts to the Septuagint Psalter.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Appropriate Terminology -- A Survey of the Psalms Scrolls -- Psalms Variants Listed by Manuscript -- Variants Listed by Psalm and Verse -- Synopsis of Superscriptions, Postscripts and Doxologies in the MT, the Scrolls, and the LXX -- Stabilization of the Psalter -- Textual Affiliations and Editions -- David's Solar Psalter. the Structure and Provenance of 11qpsa -- True Psalter or Secondary Collection? -- The Psalms Scrolls and the Septuagint Psalter -- Conclusions and Outstanding Issues -- "Apocryphal" Psalms and Other Compositions in the Psalms Scrolls -- Psalms Scrolls From the Judaean Desert -- Adjoining Compositions in the Psalms Scrolls -- Contents of the Psalms Scrolls by Manuscript -- Contents of the Psalms Scrolls by Chapter and Verse -- Bibliography -- Indices -- Plates -- Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah.