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254 PSALMS AND PSALTERSINTHEDEAD SEA SCROLLS
Scroll by Scroll by Variant Different Range of Contents Date or Period
Siglum Number Order Content (Using MT Order) When Copied
pap6QPs 6Q5 78:36–37 ?
8QPs 8Q2 17:5 to 18:13 1st century C.E.
11QPs a 11Q5 X X 93:1 to 150:6 30–50 C.E.
11QPs b 11Q6 X X 118:1 to 144:2 1st half of 1st
century C.E.
11QPs c 11Q7 2:2 to 78:1 Herodian
11QPs d 11Q8 39:13 to 81:10 Herodian
11QPs e 11Q9 36:13 to 86:14 Herodian
11QapocrPs 11Q11 X X 91:1 to 91:16 mid-1st century C.E.
5/6HevPs 5/6Hev 1b(W. Khabra) 7:13 to 31:22 2d half of 1st
century C.E.
MasPs a Mas1e (olim M1039–1160) 81:1 to 85:6 1st half of 1st
century C.E.
MasPs b Mas1f (olim M1103–1742) 150:1–6 2d half of 1st
century B.C.E.
APPENDIX 2
“APOCRYPHAL” PSALMS AND OTHER COMPOSITIONS
IN THE PSALMS SCROLLS
This appendix presents all the texts from the Psalms scrolls that are classified
as “apocryphal.” The English translations are taken from previously
published sources (see Bibliography). The material is presented in two
parts, the first containing pieces that were previously familiar to scholars
(items 1.1–1.6). One of these—David’s Last Words, from 11QPs a (= 11Q5)—
has been taken mostly from the New Revised Standard Version of 2 Sam
23:1–7, since only the last six Hebrew words of verse 7 are extant in the
scroll. Of the other five, three were known in Greek, Syriac, and Latin
(Psalm 151A–B; Sir 51:13–30), and two only in Syriac (Psalms 154–155).
The second section features compositions previously unknown (items
2.1–2.10, in alphabetical order). These are found in four scrolls: 4QPs f (=
4Q88), 11QPs a–b (= 11Q5-6) and 11QapocrPs (= 11Q11).
Two additional points: (a) In many translations verse numbers have
been given as possible; otherwise, line numbers are provided. (b) It was