Psalms of Solomon: A Critical Edition of the Greek Text

Description

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.

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

"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, Congregational Libraries Today, May/ June 2008 -- 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, and CD 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, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Vol. 8, (2008) -- Kenneth Atkinson Review in Theologische Literaturzeitung 135, 2010 "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." 32.5 (2008) -- A.G. Salvesen * Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *