The Dead Sea Scrolls and Variant Readings in Jerome?s Psalterium iuxta Hebraeos

The Fourth Book of the Psalter (Psalms 90–106) as a Case Study

Abstract

This paper examines the textual variants in the fourth book of the Psalter (Psalms 90–106) found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and compares these readings with Jerome’s Psalterium iuxta Hebraeos. Even though these variants are not exhaustively listed in current editions of the Hebrew and Latin editions of the Psalms, several interesting agreements between readings in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Jerome’s Psalterium iuxta Hebraeos can be found.