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Seeing the Psalms : a theology of metaphor / William P. Brown.
Van Pelt Library BS1430.52 .B7 2002
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS1430.52 .B7 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, William P., 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Psalms--Language, style.
- Bible. Psalms.
- Metaphor in the Bible.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 274 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A Poetics of the Psalmic Imagination 1
- The Iconic Metaphor 3
- The Poetic Imagination 8
- Contemporary Context 13
- Modus Operandi 14
- 1. "In the Shadow of Shaddai": The Metaphor of Refuge 15
- The Refuge Metaphor 18
- 2. "I Shall Walk in Freedom": The Metaphor of Pathway 31
- The Way of Tora 32
- Path of Peril and Salvation 36
- Pathway and Refuge 39
- The "Ritual" of Habitation 51
- 3. The Transplanted Tree: Psalm 1 and the Psalter's Threshold 55
- Translation 55
- Tree and Tora 57
- True Tree: Positive Connotations 58
- Knotty Tree: Negative Connotations 71
- The Arbor in the Psalter's Landscape 75
- 4. The Sun of Righteousness: Psalm 19 and the Joy of Lex 81
- Translation 81
- Deus Praesens: The Background of Solar Imagery 84
- Reading Psalm 19 89
- The Purification of the Individual 97
- The Light of the Law 99
- Image and Icon: The Synagogue Mosaics 100
- 5. The Voice of Many Waters: From Chaos to Community 105
- Fear of Drowning 106
- Affliction as Desiccation 121
- Refreshment and Renewal 122
- From Thirst to Inundation: Psalm 42:1-8 132
- 6. The Song of Leviathan: God's Theater of Praise 135
- Animals as Metaphors 136
- From Metaphor to Creation 153
- Call of the Wild: The Conclusion of the Psalter 162
- 7. "On You I Was Cast from My Birth": The Anatomy of a Personal God 167
- The Distinctiveness of Divinity 167
- Divine Anatomy 169
- Roles of God 187
- 8. "As the Mountains Surround Jerusalem": Mapping the Divine 197
- Light 197
- Metaphors of Protection 199
- Fountain 203
- Possession: "Portion" and "Cup" 204
- Conclusion: In Defense of Iconic Reflection: The Case of Psalm 139 207
- The Metaphorical Contours of Psalm 139 207
- Postscript: A Theology of Prayer and Poesis 213.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-262) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0664225020
- OCLC:
- 51099905
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