Reading Psalms with the Scribes: Using Ancient Manuscript Evidence to Inform Biblical Studies

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John Screnock (Tutorial Fellow in Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, Tutorial Fellow in Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford)

Reading Psalms with the Scribes

Using Ancient Manuscript Evidence to Inform Biblical Studies

John Screnock (Tutorial Fellow in Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, Tutorial Fellow in Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
18 November 2025

History of religion; Judaism; Sacred texts; Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts

Reading Psalms with the Scribes argues for a new approach to the study of the Hebrew Bible,

By: John Screnock (Tutorial Fellow in Old Testament / Hebrew Bible Tutorial Fellow in Old Testament / Hebrew Bible Wycliffe Hall University of Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 591g
ISBN: 9780198853640
ISBN 10: 0198853645
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 18 November 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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John Screnock (PhD, Toronto) is Tutorial Fellow in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at Wycliffe Hall in the University of Oxford. From 2018-2021 he was Research Fellow in Hebrew Bible at Oxford, and from 2015-2018 he was Kennicott Fellow in Hebrew at Oxford. His research interests include the Hebrew Bible, the Psalms, Dead Sea scrolls, Hebrew linguistics, and textual criticism. He is the author of Traductor Scriptor: The Old Greek Translation of Exodus 1-14 as Scribal Activity (Brill, 2017), and articles in Journal of Biblical Literature, Vetus Testamentum, Biblica, Journal of Semitic Studies, Hebrew Studies, Textus, Revue de Qumran, and Dead Sea Discoveries.