Reading the Psalms as a book / Norman Whybray.

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):

Psalms (Music).

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

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 purp

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Note on Commentaries; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 RECENT VIEWS ON THE COMPOSITION AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE PSALTER; Chapter 2 WISDOM AND TORAH MATERIAL; Chapter 3 ESCHATOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; Chapter 4 THE INTERPRETATION OF RITUAL SACRIFICE; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611814144

9781281814142

1281814148

9780567125545

0567125548

OCLC:

276838363