Thanksgiving Hymns (Hodayot)

The Thanksgiving Hymns (Hodayot, 1QH) is a collection of approximately 30 psalm-like hymns from Qumran Cave 1, expressing thanksgiving, confession, and mystical union with God.|||1QHᵃ, one of the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947, dated c. 30–1 BCE, 28 columns on seven sheets. Also 1QHᵇ and 4Q427–432.|||Composed in the 1st century BCE. The scroll is dated c. 30–1 BCE.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||A collection of hymns expressing thanksgiving, confession, and mystical union with God. The " I" of the hymns is often identified with the Teacher of Righteousness. Important for understanding early Jewish mysticism and the background of the New Testament.|||Sukenik, E. L. The Dead Sea Scrolls of the Hebrew University. Magnes Press, 1955.|||Mansoor, M. The Thanksgiving Hymns. Eerdmans, 1961.|||Newsom, C. A. The Self as Symbolic Space. Brill, 2004.|||The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls (Israel Museum)|https://dss.collections.imj.org.il/|View the Hodayot scroll in high resolution.;; Wikipedia — Thanksgiving Hymns|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_Hymns|Background and scholarship.|||" I thank you, O Lord, for you have redeemed my soul from the pit." — 1QH 1:1