The Headings of the Psalms 513 The information given by Scher was not used for the list published by the Peshitta Institute in Leiden. According to Scher the Psalms were preceded by five introductions to the Psalms (Hyppolyte, Basil, Eusebius, Athanasius and Origen) (56). The Psalms, Apocryphal Psalms and Odes were followed by hymns and other texts. Scher mentions that each Psalm has the headings of Eusebius, Athanasius and Theodore, but he does not mention the “Hebrew” headings (57). 1. The headings in 6t1, 18>8dt1 and 12t4 In the following discussion important variants related to the three manuscripts will be described briefly. Variants of minor importance, such as related to orthography, the relative or different constructions for the genitive (with or without pronominal suffix followed by the relative), errors and the use of seyame, will be disregarded. We will start the discussion with a few examples to demonstrate the variety that does occur in some instances. Psalm 64 is an example of an original short heading that remained short throughout the history: Lw)$ oM pdrt) dK dYwdL rYM) Spoken by David when he was pursued by Saul. Psalm 67 is an example of a Psalm with a number of shorter alternatives. In the example the basic headings are given, without the minor variants: 6t1, 18>8dt1, 12t4, and others tY)rYtY oYdYhd )Nh^KL pLMw )M(d hYNwP l( )BNtM )NdQwP kY) )tKr*wBd )LM*B nwx$XtNd nwhL ))P .nwhrt)L wNPd )M )YhL) He prophesies about the return of the people and teaches the priests that it would then be more and more proper for them to use words of blessings as divine command when they return to their place. 13t3 )tKrwBd )LM pLMw )M(d hYNwP l( )BNtM * He prophesies about the return of the people and teaches words of blessings. (56) SCHER, “Notice”, 346. (57) Cf. VAN ROOY, Apocryphal Psalms, 21-25.