The Oxford handbook of the Psalms /edited by William P. Brown.
The Oxford handbook of the Psalms /edited by William P. Brown.
- New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (xix, 661 pages) : illustrations.
- Oxford handbooks .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The Psalms: an overview / Mesopotamian parallels to the Psalms / Canaanite backgrounds to the Psalms / Egyptian backgrounds to the Psalms / Poetry of the Psalms / The Psalms in poetry / Language of lament in the Psalms / Praise and metonymy in the Psalms / Wisdom language in the Psalms / The Aramaic Psalter / The Septuagint Psalter / Jerome's Psalters / The Levites and the editorial composition of the Psalms / On the ordering of Psalms as demonstrated by Psalms 136-150 / Unrolling the Dead Sea Psalms scrolls / Some aspects of traditional Jewish Psalms interpretation / Psalms in the New Testament / Psalms in the Qurʼan and in the Islamic religious imagination / Reception of the Psalms: the example of Psalm 91 / Psalms and the question of genre / Psalms of the temple / Non-temple Psalms: the cultic setting revisited / The shape and shaping of the Psalter: Psalms in their literary context / The meta-narrative of the Psalter / Ancient Near Eastern iconography and the Psalms / Rhetoric of the Psalms / Poetic attachment: psychology, psycholinguistics, and the Psalms / Feminist interpretation of the Psalms / Kingship in the book of Psalms / Singing a subversive song: Psalm 137 and "colored Pompey" / Rising from generation to generation: lament, Hope, consciousness, home, and dream / Psalms in Latin America / Jewish theology of the Psalms / Christian theology of the Psalms / On "being human" in the Psalms / The righteous and the wicked / The Psalms in Christian worship / Preaching Psalms / Singing the Psalms / Psalms as resources for pastoral care / The Psalms: a monastic perspective / Ecological use of the Psalms / "Apocryphal" Psalms in the Psalms scrolls and in texts incorporating Psalms / Contents of the Psalms scrolls and related manuscripts / William P. Brown -- Anna Elise Zernecke -- Mark S. Smith -- Bernd U. Schipper -- F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp -- Peter S. Hawkins -- Carleen Mandolfo -- Travis J. Bott -- Diane Jacobson -- David M. Stec -- Joachim Schaper -- Scott Goins -- Susan E. Gillingham -- Yair Zakovitch -- Peter W. Flint -- Alan Cooper -- Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll -- Walid A. Saleh -- Brennan Breed -- William H. Bellinger, Jr. -- Richard J. Clifford -- Erhard S. Gerstenberger -- J. Clinton McCann, Jr. -- Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford -- Joel M. LeMon -- Robert L. Foster -- Brent A. Strawn -- Melody D. Knowles -- Norman K. Gottwald -- Rodney S. Sadler, Jr. -- John J. Ahn -- Edesio Sanchez -- Marc Zvi Brettler -- Rolf A. Jacobson -- Walter Brueggemann -- Jerome F.D. Creach -- Kimberly Bracken Long -- Thomas G. Long -- Michael Morgan -- Carol L. Schnabl Schweitzer -- Edmée Kingsmill SLG -- David Rensberger -- Peter W. Flint -- Peter W. Flint.
An indispensable resource for students and scholars, 'The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms' features a diverse array of essays that treat the Psalms from a variety of perspectives. Classical scholarship and approaches as well as contextual interpretations and practices are well represented. The coverage is uniquely wide ranging.
9780199364756
Bible.--Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic Books.
BS1430 / .O946 2014
Includes bibliographies and index.
The Psalms: an overview / Mesopotamian parallels to the Psalms / Canaanite backgrounds to the Psalms / Egyptian backgrounds to the Psalms / Poetry of the Psalms / The Psalms in poetry / Language of lament in the Psalms / Praise and metonymy in the Psalms / Wisdom language in the Psalms / The Aramaic Psalter / The Septuagint Psalter / Jerome's Psalters / The Levites and the editorial composition of the Psalms / On the ordering of Psalms as demonstrated by Psalms 136-150 / Unrolling the Dead Sea Psalms scrolls / Some aspects of traditional Jewish Psalms interpretation / Psalms in the New Testament / Psalms in the Qurʼan and in the Islamic religious imagination / Reception of the Psalms: the example of Psalm 91 / Psalms and the question of genre / Psalms of the temple / Non-temple Psalms: the cultic setting revisited / The shape and shaping of the Psalter: Psalms in their literary context / The meta-narrative of the Psalter / Ancient Near Eastern iconography and the Psalms / Rhetoric of the Psalms / Poetic attachment: psychology, psycholinguistics, and the Psalms / Feminist interpretation of the Psalms / Kingship in the book of Psalms / Singing a subversive song: Psalm 137 and "colored Pompey" / Rising from generation to generation: lament, Hope, consciousness, home, and dream / Psalms in Latin America / Jewish theology of the Psalms / Christian theology of the Psalms / On "being human" in the Psalms / The righteous and the wicked / The Psalms in Christian worship / Preaching Psalms / Singing the Psalms / Psalms as resources for pastoral care / The Psalms: a monastic perspective / Ecological use of the Psalms / "Apocryphal" Psalms in the Psalms scrolls and in texts incorporating Psalms / Contents of the Psalms scrolls and related manuscripts / William P. Brown -- Anna Elise Zernecke -- Mark S. Smith -- Bernd U. Schipper -- F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp -- Peter S. Hawkins -- Carleen Mandolfo -- Travis J. Bott -- Diane Jacobson -- David M. Stec -- Joachim Schaper -- Scott Goins -- Susan E. Gillingham -- Yair Zakovitch -- Peter W. Flint -- Alan Cooper -- Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll -- Walid A. Saleh -- Brennan Breed -- William H. Bellinger, Jr. -- Richard J. Clifford -- Erhard S. Gerstenberger -- J. Clinton McCann, Jr. -- Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford -- Joel M. LeMon -- Robert L. Foster -- Brent A. Strawn -- Melody D. Knowles -- Norman K. Gottwald -- Rodney S. Sadler, Jr. -- John J. Ahn -- Edesio Sanchez -- Marc Zvi Brettler -- Rolf A. Jacobson -- Walter Brueggemann -- Jerome F.D. Creach -- Kimberly Bracken Long -- Thomas G. Long -- Michael Morgan -- Carol L. Schnabl Schweitzer -- Edmée Kingsmill SLG -- David Rensberger -- Peter W. Flint -- Peter W. Flint.
An indispensable resource for students and scholars, 'The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms' features a diverse array of essays that treat the Psalms from a variety of perspectives. Classical scholarship and approaches as well as contextual interpretations and practices are well represented. The coverage is uniquely wide ranging.
9780199364756
Bible.--Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic Books.
BS1430 / .O946 2014