© koninklijke brill nv, leiden, ��4 | doi � �. ��63/�5685�79-� �34�3�5 Dead Sea Discoveries �� (�0 �5) 43–67 brill.com/dsd The Cycle of Summons: A Hymn from the Seventh Song of the Sabbath Sacrifice (4Q403 1i 31–40) Noam Mizrahi Tel Aviv University Abstract The article investigates, by way of close reading, the literary unit that opens the sev- enth among the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice. The study begins with a text-critical analysis of the poem based on its extant witnesses, including the many corrections contained in its best preserved copy (4Q403 1i 31–40). It then advances a new proposal concerning the poetic structure of the text, relying on linguistic and stylistic evidence. The literary delineation allows one to discern the generic characteristics of the poem, which place it within the tradition of scriptural hymns. These form-critical insights form the basis for a renewed and nuanced appreciation of the theological message of the hymn. Keywords Dead Sea Scrolls – Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice – 4Q403 – Qumran Hebrew – Hymn – Literary Delimitation – Angelology – Theology of Creation * The present study has been prepared while I was an E.E. Urbach Post-Doctoral Fellow. I thank the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture and the World Union for Jewish Studies for their generous support of my research. I also gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments of the anonymous reviewers as well as those of Dr. Charlotte Hempel, Editor of DSD. Finally, I am indebted to Rebecca Sacks, who carefully read the manuscript, polished its language, and saved me from some errors. Needless to say, I alone am responsible for any fault that remains in this paper.