The Oxford handbook of the Psalms /

The Oxford handbook of the Psalms / edited by William P. Brown. - 1 online resource (xix, 661 pages) : illustrations. - Oxford handbooks . - Oxford handbooks. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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. Part I. Ancient Near Eastern backgrounds. Part II. Language of the Psalms. Part III. Translating Psalms. Part IV. Composition of the Psalms. Part V. History of interpretation and reception: a sampling. Part VI. Interpretive approaches. Part VII. Culturally based interpretations. Part VIII. Theologies of the Psalms. Part IX. Anthropologies of the Psalms. Part X. Practicing the Psalms. Appendix I. Appendix II.

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.

9780199790500 0199790507 9780199364756 0199364753

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199783335.001.0001 doi 40023882102


Bible.--Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Psalms.
Bibel--Psalmen


RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Wisdom Literature.


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Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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