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Unless otherwise noted, all citations are taken from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV).

Date

The earliest Hebrew manuscript was found at Qumran (11QPs). This would mean that the latest date for the psalm is ~AD 70. The style could be as early as the sixth century BC, but based on the language and phrases, deSilva places the book somewhere in the intertestamental period.”

Canonicity

Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus held that it was “outside the number” (i.e. non-canonical).

Codex Sinaiticus held it to be canonical, referring to the “151 Psalms of David.”

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    David A. deSilva, Introducing the Apocrypha (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002), 301.

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    David A. deSilva, Introducing the Apocrypha (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002), 301.

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    David A. deSilva, Introducing the Apocrypha (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002), 301.

About The Author
James Rochford

James earned a Master’s degree in Theological Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, graduating magna cum laude. He is the founder of Evidence Unseen and the author of several books. James enjoys serving as a pastor at Dwell Community Church in Columbus, Ohio, where he lives with his wife and their two sons.