Functions of psalms and prayers in the late Second Temple period / edited By Mika S. Pajunen and Jeremy Penner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pajunen, Mika S., editor.

Penner, Jeremy, editor.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 486.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; volume 486

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible. Old Testament.

Bible. Psalms.

Psalmody--History--To 1500.

Psalmody.

Prayers, Early Christian.

History.

Prayer--Judaism--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Local Subjects:

Prayer--Judaism--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 506 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2017]

Summary:

"When thinking about psalms and prayers in the Second Temple period, the Masoretic Psalter and its reception is often given priority because of modern academic or theological interests. This emphasis tends to skew our understanding of the corpus we call psalms and prayers and often dampens or mutes the lived context within which these texts were composed and used. This volume is comprised of a collection of articles that explore the diverse settings in which psalms and prayers were used and circulated in the late Second Temple period. The book includes essays by experts in the Hebrew bible, the Dead Sea scrolls, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, and the New Testament, in which a wide variety of topics, approaches, and methods both old and new are utilized to explore the many functions of psalms and prayers in the late Second Temple period. Included in this volume are essays examining how psalms were read as prophecy, as history, as liturgy, and as literature. A variety methodologies are employed, and include the use of cognitive sciences and poetics, linguistic theory, psychology, redaction criticism, and literary theory "-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Late Second Temple Period / Eileen Schuller

Part 1: Psalms, Prayers, and Embodied Religion.

Towards a Cognitive Theory of Blessing: The Dead Sea Scrolls as a Test Case / Jutta Jokiranta

The Imprecatory Features of Psalms of Solomon 4 and 12 / Rodney A. Werline

Toward a Genealogy of the Introspective Self in Second Temple Judaism / Carol Newsom, Carol

The Function of Prayers of Ritual Mourning in the Second Temple Period / Angela Kim Harkins

Part 2: Psalms, Prayers, and Penitential Themes.

"Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean": Psalm 51, Penitential Piety, and Cultic Language in Axial Age Thinking / Else K. Holt

Prayer and Remembrance in 4QSapiential Work (4Q185) / Ingunn Aadland

Lamentations: Time and Setting / Corinna Körting

Part 3: Material Issues and the Ordering of Psalms and Prayers in Collections.

Structure, Stichometry, and Standardization: An Analysis of Scribal Features in a Selection of the Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls / Kipp Davis

Reading the Songs of the Sage in Sequence: Preliminary Observations and Questions / Joseph Angel

Did David Lay Down His Crown? Reframing Issues of Deliberate Juxtaposition and Interpretive Contexts in the "Book" of Psalms with Psalm 147 as a Case in Point / David Willgren

Part 4: Psalms, Prayers, and Prophecy.

Psalms as Prophecy: Qumran Evidence for the Reading of Psalms as Prophetic Text and the Formation of the Canon / Jesper Høgenhaven

Exodus and Exile as Prototypes of Justice: Prophecies in the Psalms of Solomon and Barkhi Nafshi Hymns / Mike S. Pajunen

Part 5: Psalms, Prayers, History and Identity.

Those Who Pray Together Stay Together: The Role of Late Psalms in Creating Identity / Marc Zvi Brettler

Praying History in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Memory, Identity, Fulfilment / George J. Brooke

Fathers and Sons: Family Ties in the Historical Psalms / Anja Klein

Part 6: The Composition and Use of Psalms and Prayers.

Speakers and Scenarios: Imagining the First Temple in Second Temple Psalms (Psalms 122 and 137) / Adele Berlin

Ben Sira's Use of Various Psalm Genres / Marko Marttila

"There is no one righteous": Paul's Use of Psalms in Romans 3 / Marika Pulkkinen

Philippians 2:6-11 as a Christological Psalm from the 20th Century / Årstein Justness.

Notes:

"The articles collected in this volume are the product of a two-part conference. The first was in Copenhagen in May 2015, the second in Helsinki in September of the same year."--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-466) and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110447743

3110447746

OCLC:

999758352

Publisher Number:

9783110447743