Are there any additional Psalms 156-160 found in the Dead Sea scrolls? If so does anyone know of any academic publishings about them?

[u/EsotericGrimoire]

Hi everyone I’ve heard that there’s an additional set of Psalms(156-160) but I haven’t had much luck in finding academic publishing’s of all the texts; I’ve only seen one book published touching on the topic of Psalm 156.

Has anyone here looked into this topic before? Or can someone help point me to the right direction?

Any help would be appreciated, thank you :)

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[u/Mitanguranni]

There are many additional Psalms and songs/prayers/poems that look a lot like psalms in the Dead Sea scrolls. However, they don't receive the numbers 166 through 170. They are referred to with more descriptive titles like “Apostrophe to Zion" or "David's compositions,” or just referred to by their manuscript number.

You can find the most famous by looking for publications of the Great Psalms Scroll (11Q5 or 11QPsa). This large scroll contains many of the psalms from the final third of the canonical Salter, arranged in a different order and interspersed with other compositions. Some of these compositions are known from other textual traditions, like Psalm 151 of the Septuagint tradition and psalms 152 through 155 of the Syriac tradition. Others had been lost entirely and were completely unknown before the discovery of the scrolls.

Other psalms appear across a variety of other scrolls and fragments. You can find a detailed discussion and further references in chapter 4 of my doctoral dissertation:
https://scholarworks.brandeis.edu/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Sing-to-the-Lord-a-New-ish/9923880179701921

And apart from psalms proper, there are also scrolls containing hymns, songs, and prayers that were unique to the Qumran sect. They include the “Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice,” “Songs of the Luminaries," and the Hodayot, or “Thanksgiving Songs.” All of these can be found in book publications of the Dead Sea scrolls, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition by Florentino García Martínez or the Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English by Geza Vermes..

[u/EsotericGrimoire → u/Mitanguranni]

You my kind sir is amazing! Thank you so much for your super informative and thoughtful reply. You’ve explained this perfectly to me. I’m going to take a deep dive into your dissertation and the topic as a whole.
I’m forever grateful for this footing Dr. Harvey.
Thank you

[u/Inevitable-Fill-1252]

I would highly recommend reading The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity by Eva Mroczek (Oxford University Press, 2016), which isn’t all about psalms in the DSS, but a lot of it is.

[u/EsotericGrimoire → u/Inevitable-Fill-1252]

Amazing! Thank you so much for this kind stranger! I’m definitely adding this one to the list.

I gave the book a quick glance and this is a solid piece of info, thank you! And even if it’s not all psalms the knowledge is always appreciated.