The Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls and the Book of Psalms (Studies of the Texts of Thedesert of Judah)

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.Peter W. Flint is the author of 'The Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls and the Book of Psalms (Studies of the Texts of Thedesert of Judah)' with ISBN 9789004103412 and ISBN 9004103414.