The conflict of faith and experience in the Psalms : a form-critical and theological study / Craig C. Broyles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broyles, Craig C.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 52.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 52

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Faith.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : JOST Press, c1989.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In a penetrating analysis, Broyles breaks open the category of the psalms of 'lament', arguing that this conventional grouping encloses two quite different kinds of psalms. Not only are there the psalms of 'plea', which affirm the praise of God and belong theologically on the side of faith, but there are a darker group, the psalms of 'protest' or 'complaint', which depict God as absent or hostile. These psalms portray the conflict between the traditions of faith and the religious experience of the psalmist. The study, a revision of the author's Sheffield PhD thesis, thus proposes a realignment

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. THE SEARCH FOR THE BEST VIEW: A PROPOSAL FOR PSALMS INTERPRETATION; 2. PSALMS OF PLEA AND PSALMS OF COMPLAINT; 3. AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT EXPRESSIONS; 4. THE DISTRESSES REFLECTED IN COMPLAINT PSALMS; 5. THE INTERPRETATION OF DISTRESS IN COMPLAINT PSALMS; 6. THE COMPLAINTS OF THE COMMUNITY; 7. THE COMPLAINTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL; 8. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; Notes; Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786611842062

9781281842060

1281842060

9780567434531

0567434532

OCLC:

658271404