The Psalms of David: David in the Psalms

Abstract

Almost half the psalms bear a headline including the name of David: the Hebrew canon 73 of the 150 psalms, and the Septuagint an additional 14, including the 15t st psalm which is out of count. In later tradition David is seen to be the author of the psalms general. 2 Mace 2:13 mentions the writings of David, and according to the large Qumran scroll David wrote and spoke no less than 3,600 psalms and 450 songs. In the New Testament several times psalms are quoted as spoken David by the Holy Spirit or in the book of Psalms. In rabbinic literature David as author of the five books of Psalms is compared to Moses as the author of the five books of the Torah. A number of expanded superscriptions mention specific situations the life of David when he had sung the respective psalm. Keywords: David; New Testament; Psalms; rabbinic literature

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