The End of the Psalter
Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint
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The End of the Psalter
Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint
About This Book
Psalms 146-150, sometimes called "Final Hallel" or "Minor Hallel", are often argued to have been written as a literary end of the Psalter. However, if sources other than the Hebrew Masoretic Text are taken into account, such an original unit of Psalms 146-150 has to be questioned.
"The End of the Psalter" presents new interpretations of Psalms 146-150 based on the oldest extant evidence: the Hebrew Masoretic Text, the Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Greek Septuagint. Each Psalm is analysed separately in all three sources, complete with a translation and detailed comments on form, intertextuality, content, genre, and date. Comparisons of the individual Psalms and their intertextual references in the ancient sources highlight substantial differences between the transmitted texts.
The book concludes that Psalms 146-150 were at first separate texts which only in the Masoretic Text form the end of the Psalter. It thus stresses the importance of Psalms Exegesis before Psalter Exegesis, and argues for the inclusion of ancient sources beyond to the Masoretic Text to further our understanding of the Psalms.
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Index of Sources
Hebrew Bible (Masoretic Text, MT)
- Genesis
- Gen 1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9f.
- Gen 1–2 1, 2, 3, 4 f., 5, 6, 7
- Gen 1:1 1
- Gen 1:1–3 1
- Gen 1:1–2:4a 1, 2f., 3, 4, 5, 6
- Gen 1:6–7 1
- Gen 1:6–20 1
- Gen 1:11 1
- Gen 1:12 1
- Gen 1:21 1
- Gen 1:29 1
- Gen 2 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6f., 7, 8, 9
- Gen 2:1–3 1
- Gen 2:4 1, 2, 3
- Gen 2:4b-25 1
- Gen 2:7 1, 2
- Gen 3:16–17 1
- Gen 3:17 1
- Gen 3:19 1
- Gen 4:21 1
- Gen 5:29 1
- Gen 7 1
- Gen 7:22 1, 2
- Gen 9 1f.
- Gen 9:1–17 1
- Gen 9:12 1
- Gen 9:16 1
- Gen 15:5 1
- Gen 15:11 1
- Gen 19:28 1, 2
- Gen 28:15 1
- Gen 47:26 1
- Gen 48:15 1
- Exodus
- Ex 7:12 1
- Ex 9:22–26 1
- Ex 14–15 1, 2
- Ex 15 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Ex 15:1 1
- Ex 15:18 1, 2
- Ex 15:20 1, 2, 3
- Ex 16:14 1, 2
- Ex 20 1f., 2 f., 3
- Ex 20:1–17 1
- Ex 20:11 1 f., 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Ex 32:19 1
- Ex 34:6–7 1
- Leviticus
- Lev 9:24 1
- Lev 11:15 1
- Lev 26:18 1
- Numbers
- Num 6:24–26 1
- Num 10:10 1
- Deuteronomy
- Deut 3 1, 2
- Deut 3:24 1 f.
- Deut 4 1f., 2f., 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Deut 4:1–8 1
- Deut 4:1–18 1
- Deut 4:5 1
- Deut 4:7 1
- Deut 4:8 1f.
- Deut 4:13 1
- Deut 4:14 1
- Deut 4:17 1 f.
- Deut 4:19 1
- Deut 4:45 1
- Deut 5 1 f., 2 f., 3
- Deut 5:1 1
- Deut 5–26 1
- Deut 5–28 1
- Deut 6:1 1
- Deut 6:7 1
- Deut 7 1
- Deut 7:23–24 1
- Deut 10:4 1
- Deut 10:18 1, 2
- Deut 14:14 1
- Deut 14:29 1
- Deut 16:11 1
- Deut 16:14 1
- Deut 20:13 1
- Deut 20:16 1
- Deut 20:16–18 1
- Deut 24:17 1
- Deut 24:17–21 1
- Deut 24:19–21 1
- Deut 25:15 1
- Deut 26:12–13 1
- Deut 27:19 1
- Deut 32:14 1
- Deut 32:21 1
- Deut 32:33 1
- Deut 32:41 1
- Deut 33:29 1
- Joshua
- Josh 1:8 1, 2
- Josh 10–11 1
- Josh 10:11 1
- Josh 10:40 1
- Josh 11:11 1
- Josh 11:14 1
- Josh 6 1, 2, 3
- Josh 6:4 1, 2
- Josh 6:8 1
- Josh 6:20 1
- Josh 8:34 1
- Judges
- Judg 3:16 1, 2, 3
- 1 Samuel
- 1 Sam 1
- 1 Sam 2:1 1,
- 1 Sam 2:10 1f.
- 1 Sam 10:5 1
- 2 Samuel
- 2 Sam 1
- 2 Sam 2:10 1
- 2 Sam 6 1f., 2
- 2 Sam 6:5 1, 2f., 3, 4
- 2 Sam 6:14–15 1f.
- 2 Sam 8:15 1
- 2 Sam 20:1 1
- 1 Kings
- 1 Kings 1
- 1 Kings 15:29 1
- 1 Kings 18:39 1
- 2 Kings
- 2 Kings 1
- 2 Kings 8:9 1
- 2 Kings 19:3 1
- 1 Chronicles
- 1 Chr 1
- 1 Chr 15:16–28 1, 2
- 1 Chr 15:19 1
- 1 Chr 15:28 38,60
- 1 Chr 18:14 1
- 1 Chr 25:6 1
- 1 Chr 28:4 1
- 1 Chr 29:10–12 1
- 2 Chronicles
- 2 Chr 1
- 2 Chr 5:12–14 1, 2
- 2 Chr 15:13 1, 2
- 2 Chr 16:14 1
- 2 Chr 20:15–24 1
- 2 Chr 20:18 1
- 2 Chr 20:28 1, 2
- 2 Chr 29:25 1f.
- Ezra
- Ezra 5:1 1
- Ezra 6:14 1
- Ezra 7:27 1
- Nehemiah
- Neh 3 1
- Neh 9:6 1
- Neh 12:27 1f.
- Esther
- Esth 1:19 1
- Esth 9:27 1
- Job
- Job 4:9 1
- Job 6:16 1
- Job 12:5 1
- Job 15:15 1 f.
- Job 21:12 1
- Job 23:6 1
- Job 26:14 1
- Job 30:18 1
- Job 30:31 1
- Job 35:10 1
- Job 36:8 1, 2
- Job 37:10 1
- Job 38 1, 2f., 3, 4
- Job 38:22 1
- Job 38:29 1, 2
- Job 38:41 1, 2
- Job 39:15–24 1
- Job 39:19 1
- Psalms
- Ps 1 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 f., 6, 7, 8f., 9, 10, 11
- Ps 1–2 1, 1, 2, 3, 4 f., 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Ps 1:2 1
- Ps 1:3 1
- Ps 1:6 1
- Ps 2 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7f., 8, 9 f., 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- Ps 2:12 1
- Ps 2:2 1 f.
- Ps 2:6 1
- Ps 3:8 1
- Ps 4:5 1
- Ps 5:8 1 f.
- Ps 8:4 1
- Ps 9 1
- Ps 9–10 1
- Ps 10 1, 2
- Ps 12:9 1
- Ps 18:4 4
- Ps 18:16 1
- Ps 19 1
- Ps 20:7 1
- Ps 20:8–9 1
- Ps 29 1, 2
- Ps 29:2 1 f.
- Ps 29:3 1
- Ps 30:5 1, 2
- Ps 30:12 1
- Ps 31:24 1, 2
- Ps 33 1, 2, 3 f., 4, 5, 6 f., 7f., 8, 9, 10f., 11, 12f., 13, 14 15
- Ps 33:1 1 f., 2, 3
- Ps 33:2 1
- Ps 33:3 1
- Ps 33:4 1
- Ps 33:5–6 1 f.
- Ps 33:6 1, 2, 3
- Ps 33:8 1
- Ps 33:11 1
- Ps 33:16 1 f., 2
- Ps 33:16–19 1f.
- Ps 33:18 1
- Ps...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- I Introduction to Psalms 146–150
- II Psalm 150
- III Psalm 149
- IV Psalm 148
- V Psalm 147
- VI Psalm 146
- VII Conclusion
- VIII Abbreviations and Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index of Sources