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Introducing the Psalms / by Klaus Seybold ; translated by R. Graeme Dunphy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seybold, Klaus.
- Standardized Title:
- Psalmen. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hymns--History and criticism.
- Hymns.
- Bible. Psalms--Introductions.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : T & T Clark, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A new general introduction to the Psalms. Seybold guides the reader through the most important aspects of the history and literary form of the Psalm texts and the major questions of critical scholarship, and discusses all leading writers on the subject.
- Contents:
- Preface; Translator's Preface; Contents; I: The Psalter and its Transmission; II: The Origins of the Psalms; III: The Literary Form of the Psalms; IV: The Purpose of the Psalms; V: The Classification of the Psalms; VI: Perception of Faith; VII: Outlook on Life; VIII: Cosmology; IX: Relationships with Classical Oriental Psalmody; X: The Influence of the Psalms; XI: Expounding the Psalms; Sources of Illustrations; Index of Bible References
- Notes:
- Translation of: Psalmen. Stuttgart : Kohlhammer, 1986.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611783723
- 9781281783721
- 1281783722
- 9780567054234
- 0567054233
- OCLC:
- 275546676
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