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A Canon of Psalms in the Dead Sea Scrolls? Revisiting the Qumran Psalms Hypothesis

Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2021
Ever since the discovery of the Dead Sea psalms scrolls and the initial analysis of 11Q5 by James A. Sanders, there has been discussion as to the shape of the ‘Book’ of Psalms in Qumran and how to evaluate the function and status of 11Q5.
David Davage
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Translating Psalms from Orality to Performance: A Case Study with Psalm 3

The Bible Translator, 2023
Psalms are performance literature and were prepared for communities to engage with orally. The sound patterns, rhythm, and use of many performance features strengthen the communication of the meaning and facilitate the audience to participate in the ...
J. Dickie
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Translations of the Psalms in Old Polish Biblical-Apocryphal Narrative Texts: The Beginnings of Vernacular Religious Language

The Bible Translator, 2023
The Old Polish New Testament apocrypha are the most extensive written records of a Polish medieval religious language. The aim of this article is to analyze ways in which excerpts from the Psalms operate in these texts.
Dorota Rojszczak-Robińska
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Stitching Psalms Together: On the Function and Use of Psalms in 4Q171

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2023
:4Q171 (4QpPsa) is one of the most well preserved pesharim among the Dead Sea Scrolls. It features three psalms, Psalms 37, 45, and 60, but in most analyses, Psalms 45 and 60 are left out.
D. Davage
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Further useful Psalms

Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 2022
An additional witness to the Byzantine tradition of application of Psalms for amuletic and other ritual purposes, conventionally termed “magical”, in a fifteenth-century codex on medicine and the occult sciences (Bologna, BU Ms.
Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
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Translating Psalms for Performance and Their Use in Various Ministries within the Church: Examples from South Africa

The Bible Translator, 2022
The Psalms were composed for oral performance, and many today believe they should be restored to their performance vitality. “Translation for performance” requires many concepts to be considered, one of which is how the audience (or receptor community ...
J. Dickie
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Wisdom Psalms

The Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and the Bible, 2021
Psalms scholars from the last century have grappled with the question of whether “Wisdom psalms” exist as a distinctive type of psalms, and if so, what criteria should be used to define them.
W. Bellinger
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Psalms of Communal Lament as a Relic of Transgenerational Trauma

Journal of Biblical Literature, 2021
:The majority of studies that apply trauma hermeneutics to the Hebrew Bible concentrate on ancient Israelites' experiences of the Babylonian exile and ensuing literary productions. Expanding the horizon of this interpretive tendency, I trace evidence for
Chwi-Woon Kim
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From the Psalter back to the Psalms. Observations and Suggestions

Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 2020
The essay is a plea for ending the hunt for the message inscribed into the final shaping of the Psalter. After the psalms had to suffer from exaggerated form-critical categorisation and other approaches, the Psalter is not in need of having its content ...
H. Spieckermann
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