Journal: Bulletin for Biblical Research
Volume: BBR 08:1 (NA 1998)
Article: A Preliminary Edition of 4QPs (4Q91)
Author: Peter W. Flint

BBR 8:1 (1998) p. 89

A Preliminary Edition of 4QPs^j (4Q91)

Peter W. Flint

Trinity Western University

Eugene Ulrich

University Of Notre Dame

and

Patrick W. Skehan†

This article presents an overview of the forty Psalms scrolls or manuscripts incorporating Psalms that were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, followed by a preliminary edition of 4QPs^j. The edition includes a description and transcription of this interesting manuscript, as well as notes and a full list of variant readings.

Key Words: Psalms, Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran, manuscripts, canon, Hebrew text, Bible

Almost 900 manuscripts have been discovered in the Judean Desert. Among these the Book of Psalms is represented more frequently than any other work, which clearly shows the importance of the Psalter for the Qumran community and for early Judaism. The Dead Sea Scrolls include forty Psalms scrolls or manuscripts that incorporate Psalms. Thirty-seven of these were found in eight locations at Qumran, and three more were discovered further south (two at Masada and one at Naḥal Ḥever):

Inventory Of The Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls

Psalms Scrolls Found at Qumran