The Formation of the 'Book' of Psalms

Résumé du livre

Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Part I: Framing the Task at Hand -- Chapter 1: The Problem -- A. Wilson's New Framework -- B. Sketching Major Trajectories -- I. Exploring Small Scale Sequences of Psalms -- II. 'Seamingly' Important Psalms -- III. Mapping the Dead Sea 'Psalms' Scrolls -- C. Focal Points for the Current Study -- Chapter 2: The Elusive String -- A. Anthology Defined -- B. An Anthological Genre? -- C. Anthologies Unfold -- D. Uncovering the Artificial -- E. Outlining the Task at Hand -- Part II: Anthologies Compared -- Introduction -- Chapter 3: Artifactual Diversity -- A. Reconsidering Fixed Sequences -- B. Variation in Ancient Manuscripts -- C. Continuous Variation -- Chapter 4: Paratexts -- A. Prefaces -- B. Titles -- C. Colophons, Doxologies, and Epilogues -- Chapter 5: The How and the Why -- A. Collections with Few Manuscript Variations -- B. Collections with Manuscript Variation -- C. Collections without Ancient Manuscripts -- I. The Homeric Hymns -- II. The Psalms of Solomon -- D. The Question of Purpose Once Again -- I. Archival Economy -- II. Scribal Curriculum -- III. Preservation (Canonization) -- Overview and Outlook -- Part III: The Artifacts -- Introduction -- Chapter 6: Overview of the Scrolls -- A. Second Century BCE -- B. First Century BCE -- I. First Half or Middle of the Century -- II. Second Half of the Century -- C. The Turn of the Era -- D. First Century CE -- I. First Half of the Century -- II. Middle and Second Half of the Century -- Chapter 7: Evaluating the Evidence -- A. Reconstructing a 'Book' of Psalms? -- I. Preliminary Observations -- II. Arguments for the Stabilization of the 'Book' of Psalms -- III. Beyond Statistics -- 1. A Farewell to a Two-Stage Stabilization -- 2. Possible Ways Forward -- B. 11Q5 as a Competing Collection? -- I. Liturgical Clusters -- II. Text -- III. David and 11Q5.