Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice

The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice (4Q400–4Q407, 11Q17, Mas1k) are a series of thirteen songs, one for each of the first thirteen Sabbaths of the year, describing the heavenly temple and the angelic priesthood.|||4Q400–4Q407, 11Q17, Mas1k. About ten fragmentary copies. Written in Hebrew.|||Composed in the 2nd century BCE.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||Describes the heavenly temple and the angelic liturgy, with the angels serving as priests. Major source for early Jewish mysticism and the background of the New Testament's heavenly worship.|||Charlesworth, J. H., & Newsom, C. A. The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice. Scholars Press, 1985.|||Newsom, C. A. Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice: A Critical Edition. Scholars Press, 1985.|||Alexander, P. S. Mystical Texts. T& T Clark, 2006.|||Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library|https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/|View 4Q400–407 fragments.;; Wikipedia — Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_the_Sabbath_Sacrifice|Background and scholarship.|||" And the angels shall praise the Lord in the heights of the heavens." — Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice (paraphrase)