Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

The Oxford handbook of the Psalms [electronic resource] / edited by William P. Brown.

Contributor(s): Brown, William P, 1958- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199364756 (ebook) :Other title: Handbook of the Psalms | PsalmsSubject(s): Bible. Psalms -- Criticism, interpretation, etcDDC classification: 223.206 LOC classification: BS1430.52 | .O94 2014ebOnline resources: Oxford handbooks online unlimited Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Psalms: an overview / William P. Brown -- Mesopotamian parallels to the Psalms / Anna Elise Zernecke -- Canaanite backgrounds to the Psalms / Mark S. Smith -- Egyptian backgrounds to the Psalms / Bernd U. Schipper -- 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 -- The Aramaic Psalter / David M. Stec -- The Septuagint Psalter / Joachim Schaper -- Jerome's Psalters / Scott Goins -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Jewish theology of the Psalms / Marc Zvi Brettler -- Christian theology of the Psalms / Rolf A. Jacobson -- On "being human" in the Psalms / Walter Brueggemann -- The righteous and the wicked / Jerome F.D. Creach -- 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 -- "Apocryphal" Psalms in the Psalms scrolls and in texts incorporating Psalms / Peter W. Flint -- Contents of the Psalms scrolls and related manuscripts / Peter W. Flint.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

The John Bulow Campbell Library promotes intellectual discovery, collects and enables access, and provides information relevant to the curriculum and traditions of the Church and the Seminary.

Powered by Koha