Some Remarks on the Text of the Extra-Canonical Compositions from the Great Psalms Scroll (11Q5)

The present article aims to shed new light on specific textual fragments of the Great Psalms Scroll (11QPsa, 11Q5). Due to certain paleographic peculiarities of the manuscript and the scarcity of parallel textual evidence, the compositions from outside the Hebrew Bible contained within it have been at the center of scholarly debate since the initial publication of the scroll’s text in 1965. This article focuses on seven instances where new parallel texts can be introduced to the discussion or alternative readings proposed, which were not taken into consideration in the previous research: Plea for Deliverance 16, 20; Sir 51:17, 19; Apostrophe to Zion 2, 17; and Ps 155:7.