Psalms Through the Centuries, Volume 1

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John Wiley & Sons, 28.03.2012 - 416 Seiten
This is the first of a two-volume bible commentary covering the Psalms and examining the role of these biblical poems throughout Jewish and Christian history.
  • Provides a fascinating introduction to the literary, historical, and theological background of psalmody
  • Examines the psalms through liturgy and prayer, study and preaching, translation and imitation, and musical composition and artistic illustration
  • Includes illustrations of significant psalms, helpful maps, and an extensive bibliography; an expanded bibliography to accompany the book is also available at www.wiley.com/go/gillingham
  • A forthcoming second volume is planned, which will take an alternative psalm-by-psalm approach
  • Now available in paperback, and published in the innovative reception-history series, Blackwell Bible Commentaries
 

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Inhalt

Bible O T PsalmsCommentaries I Title
1
Secularization
192
Concluding Observations
240
From Introduction to Commentary
309
References
322
Index of Psalms
351
Index of Names
361
Subject Index
368
Urheberrecht

Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen

ancient Anglican Aramaic Artistic Bible biblical Book of Psalms Brill Cassiodorus cathedral Catholic choir choral Christ Christian tradition church commentary commentators communities composed compositions concerns David didactic earlier early edition emphasis England English example exegesis exegetical faith Geneva Bible German Gillingham Gloss Gospel Greek Hebrew Hebrew Bible hymns illustrations imitations individual psalms influence interpretation Israel Jerusalem Jesse Tree Jesus Jewish and Christian Jews John Judaism king later Latin Leiden literal literary liturgy Lollards London Lord Luther mainly manuscripts metre metrical Midrash Tehillim monastic motets Old Testament Oxford period poetry popular praise prayer books Press prophecies prophetic Psalm 22 Psalm 23 Psalm 51 psalmic psalmists psalmody Psalter Qumran Rashi reading reception history reception of psalmody reference Reformation revised scholars Scripture Septuagint singing song spiritual Studies sung synagogue Syriac theological thou tion Torah translation Utrecht Psalter vernacular verse whilst worship writings

Autoren-Profil (2012)

Susan Gillingham is Fellow and Tutor in Theology at Worcester College and is Reader in the Old Testament at the University of Oxford. She has written various books and articles on the Psalms and Biblical Interpretation, including The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible (1994), One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies (1998) and The Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study (2002).

Bibliografische Informationen

TitelPsalms Through the Centuries, Volume 1
Band 1 von Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries
Autor/inSusan Gillingham
VerlagJohn Wiley & Sons, 2012
ISBN1118241525, 9781118241523
Länge416 Seiten
  
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