The Brown, William P. 1958- editor. text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. nyu 2014 2014 monographic eng 1 online resource (xix, 661 pages) : illustrations. 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. The Psalms: an overview / William P. Brown -- Part I. Ancient Near Eastern backgrounds. Mesopotamian parallels to the Psalms / Anna Elise Zernecke -- Canaanite backgrounds to the Psalms / Mark S. Smith -- Egyptian backgrounds to the Psalms / Bernd U. Schipper -- Part II. Language of the Psalms. Poetry of the Psalms / F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp -- The Psalms in poetry / Peter S. Hawkins -- Language of lament in the Psalms / Carleen Mandolfo -- Praise and metonymy in the Psalms / Travis J. Bott -- Wisdom language in the Psalms / Diane Jacobson -- Part III. Translating Psalms. The Aramaic Psalter / David M. Stec -- The Septuagint Psalter / Joachim Schaper -- Jerome's Psalters / Scott Goins -- Part IV. Composition of the Psalms. The Levites and the editorial composition of the Psalms / Susan E. Gillingham -- On the ordering of Psalms as demonstrated by Psalms 136-150 / Yair Zakovitch -- Unrolling the Dead Sea Psalms scrolls / Peter W. Flint -- Part V. History of interpretation and reception: a sampling. Some aspects of traditional Jewish Psalms interpretation / Alan Cooper -- Psalms in the New Testament / Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll -- Psalms in the Qurʼan and in the Islamic religious imagination / Walid A. Saleh -- Reception of the Psalms: the example of Psalm 91 / Brennan Breed -- Part VI. Interpretive approaches. Psalms and the question of genre / William H. Bellinger, Jr. -- Psalms of the temple / Richard J. Clifford -- Non-temple Psalms: the cultic setting revisited / Erhard S. Gerstenberger -- The shape and shaping of the Psalter: Psalms in their literary context / J. Clinton McCann, Jr. -- The meta-narrative of the Psalter / Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford -- Ancient Near Eastern iconography and the Psalms / Joel M. LeMon -- Rhetoric of the Psalms / Robert L. Foster -- Poetic attachment: psychology, psycholinguistics, and the Psalms / Brent A. Strawn -- Feminist interpretation of the Psalms / Melody D. Knowles -- Kingship in the book of Psalms / Norman K. Gottwald -- Part VII. Culturally based interpretations. Singing a subversive song: Psalm 137 and "colored Pompey" / Rodney S. Sadler, Jr. -- Rising from generation to generation: lament, Hope, consciousness, home, and dream / John J. Ahn -- Psalms in Latin America / Edesio Sanchez -- Part VIII. Theologies of the Psalms. Jewish theology of the Psalms / Marc Zvi Brettler -- Christian theology of the Psalms / Rolf A. Jacobson -- Part IX. Anthropologies of the Psalms. On "being human" in the Psalms / Walter Brueggemann -- The righteous and the wicked / Jerome F.D. Creach -- Part X. Practicing the Psalms. The Psalms in Christian worship / Kimberly Bracken Long -- Preaching Psalms / Thomas G. Long -- Singing the Psalms / Michael Morgan -- Psalms as resources for pastoral care / Carol L. Schnabl Schweitzer -- The Psalms: a monastic perspective / Edmée Kingsmill SLG -- Ecological use of the Psalms / David Rensberger -- Appendix I. "Apocryphal" Psalms in the Psalms scrolls and in texts incorporating Psalms / Peter W. Flint -- Appendix II. Contents of the Psalms scrolls and related manuscripts / Peter W. Flint. edited by William P. Brown. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Criticism, interpretation, etc Criticism, interpretation, etc RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament RELIGION Biblical Studies Wisdom Literature BS1430.52 .O94 2014eb 223/.206 New York : Oxford University Press, [2014] (DLC) 2013031125 (OCoLC)861207424 9780199790500 0199790507 9780199364756 0199364753 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=698156 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=698156 E7B 140130 20200709060056.0 ocn874160748 eng