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Reading the Psalms as a book / Norman Whybray.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS1430.2 .W57 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whybray, R. N. (Roger Norman)
- Series:
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 222.
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 222
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Psalms.
- Physical Description:
- 137 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- This book discusses the theory that the Psalter was compiled with the specific intention that it should be used as a book for private spiritual reading. It is argued that if this were so, the work of the final editors would not have been confined to arranging the psalms in a particular order but would have included additions and interpolations intended to give the whole book a new orientation. An investigation of selected psalms shows that although the Psalter may have become a book for private devotion not long after its compilation, there is little evidence that it was compiled for that purpose.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1850756228
- 1850757976
- OCLC:
- 35517008
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