THE PSALMS OF SOLOMON Press SBL EARLY JUDAISM AND ITS LITERATURE Rodney A. Werline, General Editor Editorial Board: Randall D. Chesnutt Kelley N. Coblentz Bautch Maxine L. Grossman Carol Newsom Number 54 Press SBL THE PSALMS OF SOLOMON Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts Edited by Patrick Pouchelle, G. Anthony Keddie, and Kenneth Atkinson Press SBL Atlanta Copyright © 2021 by SBL Press All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by means of any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permit- ted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed in writing to the Rights and Permissions Office, SBL Press, 825 Hous- ton Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA. Library of Congress Control Number: 2021940328 Press SBL Contents Abbreviations ...................................................................................................vii Introduction Patrick Pouchelle and G. Anthony Keddie .............................................1 Psalms of Solomon 16.10 and Its Biblical and Hellenistic Backgrounds Eberhard Bons ..........................................................................................23 Changing Contexts: Psalms of Solomon 11 and Its Parallel in Baruch 4:5–5:9 Johanna Erzberger ....................................................................................35 Understanding the History, Theology, and Community of the Psalms of Solomon in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls Kenneth Atkinson ....................................................................................57 Poverty and Exploitation in the Psalms of Solomon: At the Intersection of Sapiential and Apocalyptic Discourses G. Anthony Keddie ..................................................................................81 The Same Scholarly Fate? A Short Comparison between the Psalms of Solomon and the Assumption of Moses Patrick Pouchelle ....................................................................................Press 111 Violators of the Law and the Curse of the Law: The Perception of the Torah in the Psalms of Solomon and in Paul’s Letter to the Galatians Stefan Schreiber ......................................................................................139 SBL vi Contents Coping with Dissonance: Theodicy, Genre, and Epistemology in the Psalms of Solomon Shani Tzoref ............................................................................................165 The Imaginative Experiencing of Psalms of Solomon 8 Angela Kim Harkins .............................................................................203 Social Memory Features in the Psalms of Solomon Rodney A. Werline .................................................................................221 A “Song with a Happy Heart”: A Response Rodney A. Werline .................................................................................243 Bibliography ...................................................................................................257 Contributors ...................................................................................................293 Ancient Sources Index ..................................................................................297 Modern Authors Index .................................................................................315 Press SBL Abbreviations 2 Clem 2 Clement AB Anchor Bible AcBib Academia Biblica A.J. Josephus, Antiquitates judaicae AJEC Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity ALGHJ Arbeiten zur Literatur und Geschichte des hellenistischen Judentums AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament APOT Charles, Robert H., eds. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigra- pha of the Old Testament. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1913. As. Mos. Assumption of Moses b. Babylonian Talmud BA La Bible d’Alexandrie BBB Bonner biblische Beiträge BBR Bulletin for Biblical Research Bell. civ. Appian, Bella civilia Ber. Berakhot BETL Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium BGBH Beiträge zur Geschichte der biblischen Hermeneutik BHQ Schenker, Adrian, et al. Biblia Hebraica Quinta. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2004–. B.J. Josephus, Bellum judaicum BJS Brown Judaic Studies Press BN Biblische Notizen BNP A Brill’s New Pauly Antiquity BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissen- schaft CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly CD Damascus Document CEJL Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature SBL-vii - viii Abbreviations Cher. Philo, De cherubim Civ. Augustine, De civitate Dei col. column ConBNT Coniectanea Neotestamentica or Coniectanea Biblica: New Testament Series CurBR Currents in Biblical Research DCH Clines, David J. A., ed. Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. 9 vols. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 1993–2016. DCLS Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies Det. Philo, Quod deterius potiori insidari soleat Deus Philo, Quod Deus sit immutabilis DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert DSD Dead Sea Discoveries DSSSE García Martínez, Florentino, and Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar, eds. Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill: 1995. EJL Early Judaism and Its Literature EKKNT Evangelisch-Katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testa- ment Ennarat. Ps. Augustine, Enarrationes in Psalmos ep. epistle EncRel Eliade, Mircea, ed. The Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: Macmillan, 1987. Eth. Ethiopic FAT Forschungen zum Alten Testament Flac. Cicero, Pro Flacco FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments Fug. Philo, De fuga et inventione H Codex Harris HAL Koehler, Ludwig, Walter Baumgartner, and Johann J. Stamm. Hebräisches undPress aramäisches Lexicon zum Alten Testament. 3rd ed. Leiden: Brill, 1995, 2004. HBCE The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition Heb. Hebrew Hen Henoch Hist. Herodotus, Historiae; Polybius, Historiae; Thucydides, His- toriae Hist. rom. SBLDio Cassius, Historiae romanae Abbreviations ix Hypoth. Philo, Hypothetica IEJ Israel Exploration Journal Int. Interpretation Ios. Philo, De Iosepho JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JAJ Journal of Ancient Judaism JJS Journal of Jewish Studies JQR Jewish Quarterly Review JR Journal of Religion JRS Journal of Roman Studies JSJ Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods JSHRZ Jüdische Schriften aus hellenistisch-römischer Zeit JSJSup Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods Supplement Series JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series JSP Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha JTS Journal of Theological Studies KlT Kleine Texte für theologische Vorlesungen und Übungen LD Lectio Divina Leg. Philo, Legum allegoriae LHBOTS The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies LNTS Library of New Testament Studies LXX Septuagint m. Mishnah MT Masoretic Text Mut. Philo, De mutatione nominum N Codex Nitriensis NEA Near Eastern ArchaeologyPress NETS Pietersma, Albert, and Benjamin G. Wright, eds. A New English Translation of the Septuagint. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. NovT Novum Testamentum NovTSup Novum Testamentum Supplement Series NTL New Testament Library NTOA SBLNovum Testamentum et Orbis Ant x Abbreviations NTS New Testament Studies NRSV New Revised Standard Version OBO Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis OG Old Greek OTP Charlesworth, James H., ed. The Old Testament Pseudepig- rapha. 2 vols. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983–1985. PAAJR Proceedings of the American Academy of Jewish Research Pis. Cicero, In Pisonem Post. Philo, De posteritate Caini Praep. ev. Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica Prot. Plato, Protagoras Prov. cons. Cicero, De provinciis consularibus Pss. Sol. Psalms of Solomon PTSDSSP Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project QC Qumran Chronicle RB Revue biblique RBL Review of Biblical Literature REJ Revue des études juives RevQ Revue de Qumrân Sacr. Philo, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini SBLSP Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers SCS Septuagint and Cognate Studies SemeiaSt Semeia Studies Sent. Menander, Sententia Antiquae; Pseudo-Phocylides, Senten- tia Antiquae Sest. Cicero, Pro Sestio SJLA Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity Somn. Philo, De somniis SNTSMS Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series SNTW Studies of the New Testament and Its World Spec. Philo, De specialibus legibus SR Studies in Religion Press STDJ Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah StPatr Studia Patristica SUNT Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments SVTG Septuaginta: Vetus Testamentum Graecum SVTP Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigraphica SymS Symposium Syr. SBLSyriac Abbreviations xi t. Tosefta T. Benj. Testament of Benjamin T. Levi Testament of Levi TRev Theologische Revue TZ Theologische Zeitschrift TSAJ Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum TUGAL Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristli- chen Literatur Unit. eccl. Cyprian, De catholicae ecclesiae unitate VL Vetus Latina VTSup Vetus Testamentum Supplement Series WGRW Writings of the Greco-Roman World WUNT Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ZAW Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ZNW Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ZWT Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Theologie Press SBL Press SBL Introduction Patrick Pouchelle and G. Anthony Keddie Sometimes proceedings seem cursed. We would have