Psalms and prayers : papers read at the Joint Meeting of the Society of Old Testament Study and Het Oudtestamentische Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgie, Apeldoorn August 2006 / edited by Bob Becking and Eric Peels.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Becking, Bob.

Peels, H. G. L. (Hendrik George Laurens), 1956-

Conference Name:

Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgie (13th : 2006 : Apeldoorn, Netherlands)

Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgièe

Series:

Oudtestamentische studien ; d. 55.

Oudtestamentische studien, 0169-7226 = Old Testament studies ; v. 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. Psalms--Language, style--Congresses.

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, Redaction--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essays in this volume focus on the interpretation of the Book of Psalms and comparable texts in the Hebrew Bible. A variety of methods is applied to the ancient texts. Some essays concentrate on composition and structure, others on redaction and context. It is of great interest to see that each approach has its strength and its limits: stressing the importance to read the Psalms with a multi-dimensional matrix of methods. By viewing the Psalms as prayers, and thus as expressions of both faith and despair, a perspective on the contents of the ancient hymns and their functions in daily life has been opened. This volume contains various incentives for future research.

Contents:

Introduction / Eric Peels

Psalms and prayers in the Book of Chronicles / Pancratius C. Beentjes

"Our father ...": an inherited title and its presence (or absence) in the Psalms? / Adrian H.W. Curtis

The ark and the cherubim in the Psalms / John Day

The Hodayot's use of the Psalter: text-critical contributions (Book I) / John Elwolde

Psalm 103: design, boundaries, and mergers / Jan Fokkelman

Are idols hiding in Psalm 139:20? / Jan Holman

Inside out Psalm 55: how Jonah grew out of a Psalmist's conceit / Alastair G. Hunter

The demarcation of hymns and prayers in the Prophets (2) / Marjo C.A. Korpel

Psalm 69: the petitioner's understanding of himself, his God, and his enemies / Christiane de Vos and Gert Kwakkel

Argumenta ad deum in the plague prayers of Mursili II and in the Book of Psalms / Paul Sanders

The discourse of praying: reading Nehemiah I / Eep Talstra

Sing to the Lord a new song / Roger Tomes

The prayer of Isaiah and the sundial of Ahaz (2 Kgs 20:11) / Jaap van Dorp

King and community: joining with David in prayer / Howard N. Wallace

Prayer and practice in the Psalms / Gordon Wenham.

Notes:

"The papers collected in this volume were all read at the Joint Meeting of The Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS) and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgie (OTW), in Apeldoorn, 21-24 August 2006. The Dutch and British Old Testament Societies foster a long tradition of Joint Meetings, of which this was the 13th since the start in 1970, now hosted by the Theological University of Apeldoorn." Netherlands.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-92176-9

9786611921767

90-474-2258-9

OCLC:

646789981

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004160323.i-306 DOI