Structure, Stichometry, and Standardization: An Analysis of Scribal Features in a Selection of the Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls

Davis, Kipp; Pajunen, Mika; Penner, Jeremy

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“…Evidently, a number of compositions extant throughout the Dead Sea Scrolls would fit the designation psalm, both in relation to content and to the physical layout of the texts (for this, see, esp. Davis: 2017). 7.…”

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A “Book” of Psalms in 4QMidrEschat^a.b?

Davage¹

2019

Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament

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It is often argued that the Masoretic "Book" of Psalms is a carefully redacted collection whose final shape carries substantial interpretive significance. The way psalms are placed in sequence is deemed important, but the actual shapes of the earliest Dead Sea psalms scrolls are not often taken into account. The current article revisits these issues by situating them in their proper interpretive context-the late Second Temple period-and by looking at how a sequence of psalms commented upon in a pesher designated by Annette Steudel as 4QMidrEschat a.b is understood. The conclusion is that although sequences of psalms seem to have had significance in the selection of psalms, they did not affect the interpretation of the individual psalms.

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Section: Psalms Sequences and Booksmentioning

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A “Book” of Psalms in 4QMidrEschat^a.b?

Davage¹

2019

Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament

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“…This has been suggested, for instance, by Kipp Davis in an unpublished paper presented in Helsinki in 2015. 11 For an assessment of the codicological features of stichometrically arranged manuscripts and for a critique of the notion that this arrangement would reflect the authority of a composition, seeDavis 2017. …”

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Reading Psalm and Prayer Manuscripts From Qumran

2020

Material Aspects of Reading in Ancient and Medieval Cultures

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An exception to this is provided by Falk 2014 who has surveyed all the prayer manuscripts from Qumran and part of the psalm manuscripts with an emphasis on their material features, including script size and line division. He excludes from his study the manuscripts containing now biblical psalms and the most fragmentary of the psalm and prayer manuscripts. Falk does make some observations on readability on a couple of occasions, but his main concern is the general size and quality of the different scrolls that relate, for instance, to their portability and considerations of economy. 3 The measurements given in this article are based on information given by the editors of the individual manuscripts in the official DJD editions that I have double-checked, and when this information is lacking, on my own calculations.

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Differentiation of Form, Theme, and Changing Functions in Psalms and Prayers

Pajunen

2019

Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament

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Form criticism has long been an indispensable part of psalm studies, and some of its main results are still widely accepted. Nevertheless, certain formal categories distinguished by some, such as the existence of genres of royal or wisdom psalms, have been firmly denied by others. Moreover, psalm and prayer material from the late Second Temple period has nearly from the beginning of form-critical studies been acknowledged to resist formal classification into firm categories. With only a small portion of the available material falling neatly into recognized categories, the limits of the current form-critical approach are obvious. This paper considers whether a differentiation between formal and thematic elements and their further distinction from issues related to the changing functions of 2 psalmody could pave the way for methodologically more nuanced models that would be able to cope more flexibly and reliably with the diversity of the material and the changing social settings behind them.

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Structure, Stichometry, and Standardization: An Analysis of Scribal Features in a Selection of the Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls

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A “Book” of Psalms in 4QMidrEschat^a.b?

A “Book” of Psalms in 4QMidrEschat^a.b?

Reading Psalm and Prayer Manuscripts From Qumran

Differentiation of Form, Theme, and Changing Functions in Psalms and Prayers

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Structure, Stichometry, and Standardization: An Analysis of Scribal Features in a Selection of the Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls

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A “Book” of Psalms in 4QMidrEschata.b?

A “Book” of Psalms in 4QMidrEschata.b?

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Differentiation of Form, Theme, and Changing Functions in Psalms and Prayers

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