Psalms of Solomon: A Critical Edition of the Greek Text (Jewish and Christian Texts)

by Robert B. Wright

Publisher:

Bloomsbury

, 2007

Overview

The Psalms of Solomon, the most important early psalm book outside the canonical psalter, reflects the turmoil of events in the last pre-Christian century and gives an apparently eyewitness account of the first invasions of the Romans into Jerusalem. The Psalm of Solomon provides the most detailed expectation of the Jewish Messiah before the New Testament.

Wright’s critical edition is the first complete critical edition of the Greek texts of the Psalms of Solomon.

Key Features

• Includes the first complete critical edition of the Greek texts of the Psalms of Solomon
• Introduces the historical and textual issues
• Provides the most detailed expectation of the Jewish Messiah before the New Testament

Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Greek Manuscripts
• Stemma
• History of Scholarship in the Psalms of Solomon
• Differences Between This Edition and Previous Editions
• The Greek Text of the Psalms
• Annotated List of Editions and Translations of the Greek Text of the Psalms of Solomon

Praise for the Print Edition

The author provides a detailed history of the psalms including historical background, a description of the manuscripts, and an overview of previous scholarship...This clearly written text is a volume for the specialist in the history of the intertestamental period.

—Rabbi Louis A. Rieser

Robert Wright’s book is the only complete critical edition of the Greek text of the first century B.C.E. Jewish hymnbook known as the Psalm of Solomon...This combination of a printed critical Greek text, English translation makes Wright’s book an essential purchase for any scholar or student interested in textual criticism, pseudepigrapha, or the history and literature of the Second Temple Period.

—Kenneth Atkinson

Wright has worked for a long time on these texts, which are of great interest for the study of the theology in the Second Temple period.

—A.G. Salvesen, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

Product Details

• Title: Psalms of Solomon: A Critical Edition of the Greek Text (Jewish and Christian Texts)
• Author: Robert B. Wright
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Print Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• Resources: 3
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Resource ID: {E2E5DF05-E877-4A83-B7B4-5F9CF263425E}
• Metadata Last Updated: 2020-08-26T22:35:35Z

About Robert B. Wright

Robert B. Wright is Professor of Religion at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

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