Description Jews and most Christians know about only 150 "Psalms of David"; they were collected in the Davidic Psalter of the (Masoretic) Hebrew Bible or Old Testament.
He argues for an early origin of Psalm 156, around 100 CE, and its history from.
He also shows how his proposed identification and dating of the text has relevance for the study of ancient Judaism and early Christianity." --Larry Hurtado, University of Edinburgh "Charlesworth offers a careful translation and well-informed analysis of primary and secondary sources surrounding this important but often ignored ancient text that is almost the size of Psalm 119.
Evans, Houston Theological Seminary "Charlesworth offers here a detailed, clearly argued, and provocative analysis of a little-known text, which he proposes should be considered \'Psalm 156\'.
In this fascinating book he shows persuasively that the Hebrew text MS RNL Antonin 798, recovered in the nineteenth century from the Cairo synagogue genizah, in all likelihood preserves an authentic pre-70 CE psalm, which in the pre-Christian era was believed to be a Psalm of David." --Craig A.
Charlesworth plays the role of a contemporary Indiana Jones. "It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that Princeton Theological Seminary Professor James H.
The work opens new windows for looking into the creative world of Second Temple Judaism.
It preserves visions attributed to David.
Psalm 156 is extensive and almost as long as Psalm 119.
It is preserved in a medieval copy found in the Cairo Genizah, as are other major early Jewish compositions, notably the Damascus Document and the Testament of Levi.
Thanks to research on the Qumran Psalms Scroll and the early Syriac Bible, most scholars know about 155 Psalms of David, and they were included in the well-known Old Testament Pseudepigrapha as "Non-Masoretic Psalms." Virtually unknown to biblical scholars is Psalm 156.
Since about 200 BCE, the Greek translation of the Davidic Psalter contained 151 Psalms of David.
Description Jews and most Christians know about only 150 "Psalms of David"; they were collected in the Davidic Psalter of the (Masoretic) Hebrew Bible or Old Testament
