The Genizah Psalms
A Study of MS 798 of the Antonin Collection. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series
Biographical note
David M. Stec, Ph.D. (1989), University of Manchester, is Research Associate for The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew in Sheffield. He is author of The Text of the Targum of Job (Brill, 1994) and The Targum of Psalms (Liturgical Press, 2004).
Readership
Those interested in the Hebrew language, early Jewish poetry and the development of messianism.
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Abbreviations and Sigla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
List of Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hebrew Text and Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Commentary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Analysis of Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
1. Morphology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
A. Morphology of the Verb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
B. Morphology of the Noun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
C. Use of Mater Lectionis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
D. Double Writing of Consonantal Yôdh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
2. Features of Verbal Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
A. Wāw Consecutive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
B. Hithpael in Passive Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
3. Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
A. Post-Biblical Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
B. Words Used in Post-Biblical Senses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
C. Words Unique to the Genizah Psalms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
4. Post-Biblical Phraseology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
A. Phrases Attested at Qumran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
B. Phrases Attested in Rabbinic Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
5. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
List of Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Index of Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Index of References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Abbreviations and Sigla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
List of Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hebrew Text and Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Commentary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Analysis of Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
1. Morphology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
A. Morphology of the Verb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
B. Morphology of the Noun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
C. Use of Mater Lectionis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
D. Double Writing of Consonantal Yôdh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
2. Features of Verbal Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
A. Wāw Consecutive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
B. Hithpael in Passive Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
3. Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
A. Post-Biblical Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
B. Words Used in Post-Biblical Senses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
C. Words Unique to the Genizah Psalms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
4. Post-Biblical Phraseology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
A. Phrases Attested at Qumran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
B. Phrases Attested in Rabbinic Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
5. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
List of Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Index of Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Index of References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
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