The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms (Oxford Handbooks)

The Psalms-the longest and most complex book in the Bible-is a varied collection of religious poetry, the product of centuries of composition and revision. It is the most transcribed and translated book of the Hebrew Bible. Intended for both scholar and student, __The Oxford Handbook of the____Psalms__ features a diverse array of essays that treat the Psalms from a variety of perspectives. Beginning with an overview of the Psalms that touches on the history of scholarship and interpretation, the volume goes on to explore the Psalms as a form of literature and a source of creative inspiration, an artifact whose origins remain speculative, a generative presence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and a still-current text that continues to be read and appropriated in various ways. Classical scholarship and traditional approaches as well as contextual interpretations and practices are well represented. The Handbook's coverage is uniquely wide-ranging, covering everything from the ancient Near Eastern background of the Psalms to contemporary liturgical usage. This volume offers a dynamic introduction into an increasingly complex field and will be an indispensable resource for all students of the Psalms. An Indispensable Resource For Students And Scholars, 'the Oxford Handbook Of The Psalms' Features A Diverse Array Of Essays That Treat The Psalms From A Variety Of Perspectives. Classical Scholarship And Approaches As Well As Contextual Interpretations And Practices Are Well Represented. The Coverage Is Uniquely Wide Ranging. The Psalms: An Overview / William P. Brown -- Part I. Ancient Near Eastern Backgrounds. Mesopotamian Parallels To The Psalms / Anna Elise Zernecke -- Canaanite Backgrounds To The Psalms / Mark S. Smith -- Egyptian Backgrounds To The Psalms / Bernd U. Schipper -- Part Ii. Language Of The Psalms. Poetry Of The Psalms / F.w. Dobbs-allsopp -- The Psalms In Poetry / Peter S. Hawkins -- Language Of Lament In The Psalms / Carleen Mandolfo -- Praise And Metonymy In The Psalms / Travis J. Bott -- Wisdom Language In The Psalms / Diane Jacobson -- Part Iii. Translating Psalms. The Aramaic Psalter / David M. Stec -- The Septuagint Psalter / Joachim Schaper -- Jerome's Psalters / Scott Goins -- Part Iv. Composition Of The Psalms. The Levites And The Editorial Composition Of The Psalms / Susan E. Gillingham -- On The Ordering Of Psalms As Demonstrated By Psalms 136-150 / Yair Zakovitch -- Unrolling The Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls / Peter W. Flint -- Part V. History Of Interpretation And Reception: A Sampling. Some Aspects Of Traditional Jewish Psalms Interpretation / Alan Cooper -- Psalms In The New Testament / Stephen P. Ahearne-kroll -- Psalms In The Qurʼan And In The Islamic Religious Imagination / Walid A. Saleh -- Reception Of The Psalms: The Example Of Psalm 91 / Brennan Breed -- Part Vi. Interpretive Approaches. Psalms And The Question Of Genre / William H. Bellinger, Jr. -- Psalms Of The Temple / Richard J. Clifford -- Non-temple Psalms: The Cultic Setting Revisited / Erhard S. Gerstenberger -- The Shape And Shaping Of The Psalter: Psalms In Their Literary Context / J. Clinton Mccann, Jr. -- The Meta-narrative Of The Psalter / Nancy L. Declaissé-walford -- Ancient Near Eastern Iconography And The Psalms / Joel M. Lemon -- Rhetoric Of The Psalms / Robert L. Foster -- Poetic Attachment: Psychology, Psycholinguistics, And The Psalms / Brent A. Strawn -- Feminist Interpretation Of The Psalms / Melody D. Knowles -- Kingship In The Book Of Psalms / Norman K. Gottwald -- Part Vii. Culturally Based Interpretations. Singing A Subversive Song: Psalm 137 And Colored Pompey / Rodney S. Sadler, Jr. -- Rising From Generation To Generation: Lament, Hope, Consciousness, Home, And Dream / John J. Ahn -- Psalms In Latin America / Edesio Sanchez -- Part Viii. Theologies Of The Psalms. Jewish Theology Of The Psalms / Marc Zvi Brettler -- Christian Theology Of The Psalms / Rolf A. Jacobson -- Part Ix. Anthropologies Of The Psalms. On Being Human In The Psalms / Walter Brueggemann -- The Righteous And The Wicked / Jerome F.d. Creach -- Part X. Practicing The Psalms. The Psalms In Christian Worship / Kimberly Bracken Long -- Preaching Psalms / Thomas G. Long -- Singing The Psalms / Michael Morgan -- Psalms As Resources For Pastoral Care / Carol L. Schnabl Schweitzer -- The Psalms: A Monastic Perspective / Edmée Kingsmill Slg -- Ecological Use Of The Psalms / David Rensberger -- Appendix I. Apocryphal Psalms In The Psalms Scrolls And In Texts Incorporating Psalms / Peter W. Flint -- Appendix Ii. Contents Of The Psalms Scrolls And Related Manuscripts / Peter W. Flint. Edited By William P. Brown. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. COVER 1 THE PSALMS 5 COPYRIGHT 6 CONTENTS 7 PREFACE 11 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 13 ABBREVIATIONS 17 CHAPTER 1 THE PSALMS: AN OVERVIEW 25 PART I ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN BACKGROUNDS 49 CHAPTER 2 MESOPOTAMIAN PARALLELS TO THE PSALMS 51 CHAPTER 3 CANAANITE BACKGROUNDS TO THE PSALMS 67 CHAPTER 4 EGYPTIAN BACKGROUNDS TO THE PSALMS 81 PART II LANGUAGE OF THE PSALMS 101 CHAPTER 5 POETRY OF THE PSALMS 103 CHAPTER 6 THE PSALMS IN POETRY 123 CHAPTER 7 LANGUAGE OF LAMENT IN THE PSALMS 138 CHAPTER 8 PRAISE AND METONYMY IN THE PSALMS 155 CHAPTER 9 WISDOM LANGUAGE IN THE PSALMS 171 PART III TRANSLATING PSALMS 183 CHAPTER 10 THE ARAMAIC PSALTER 185 CHAPTER 11 THE SEPTUAGINT PSALTER 197 CHAPTER 12 JEROME’S PSALTERS 209 PART IV COMPOSITION OF THE PSALMS 223 CHAPTER 13 THE LEVITES AND THEEDITORIAL COMPOSITIONOF THE PSALMS 225 CHAPTER 14 ON THE ORDERING OF PSALMS AS DEMONSTRATED BY PSALMS 136–150 238 CHAPTER 15 UNROLLING THE DEAD SEA PSALMS SCROLLS 253 PART V HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION AND RECEPTION: ASAMPLING 275 CHAPTER 16 SOME ASPECTS OF TRADITIONAL JEWISH PSALMS INTERPRETATION 277 CHAPTER 17 PSALMS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 293 CHAPTER 18 THE PSALMS IN THE QUR’AN AND IN THE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS IMAGINATION 305 CHAPTER 19 RECEPTION OF THE PSALMS: THE EXAMPLE OF PSALM 91 321 PART VI INTERPRETIVE APPROACHES 335 CHAPTER 20 PSALMS AND THE QUESTION OF GENRE 337 CHAPTER 21 PSALMS OF THE TEMPLE 350 CHAPTER 22 NON-TEMPLE PSALMS: THE CULTIC SETTING REVISITED 362 CHAPTER 23 THE SHAPE AND SHAPING OF THE PSALTER: PSALMS IN THEIR LITERARY CONTEXT 374 CHAPTER 24 THE META-NARRATIVE OF THE PSALTER 387 CHAPTER 25 ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ICONOGRAPHY AND THE PSALMS 401 CHAPTER 26 RHETORIC OF THE PSALMS 416 CHAPTER 27 POETIC ATTACHMENT: PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, AND THE PSALMS 428 CHAPTER 28 FEMINIST INTERPRETATION OF THE PSALMS 448 CHAPTER 29 KINGSHIP IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS 461 PART VII CULTURALLY BASED INTERPRETATIONS 469 CHAPTER 30 SINGING A SUBVERSIVE SONG: PSALM 137 AND “COLORED POMPEY” 471 CHAPTER 31 RISING FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION: LAMENT, HOPE, CONSCIOUSNESS, HOME, AND DREAM 483 CHAPTER 32 PSALMS IN LATIN AMERICA 499 PART VIII THEOLOGIES OF THE PSALMS 507 CHAPTER 33 JEWISH THEOLOGY OF THE PSALMS 509 CHAPTER 34 CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY OF THE PSALMS 523 PART IX ANTHROPOLOGIES OF THE PSALMS 537 CHAPTER 35 ON “BEING HUMAN” IN THE PSALMS 539 CHAPTER 36 THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED 553 PART X PRACTICING THE PSALMS 567 CHAPTER 37 THE PSALMS IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP 569 CHAPTER 38 PREACHING PSALMS 581 CHAPTER 39 SINGING THE PSALMS 593 CHAPTER 40 PSALMS AS RESOURCES FOR PASTORAL CARE 607 CHAPTER 41 THE PSALMS: A MONASTIC PERSPECTIVE 620 CHAPTER 42 ECOLOGICAL USE OF THE PSALMS 632 APPENDIX I “APOCRYPHAL” PSALMS IN THE PSALMS SCROLLS AND IN TEXTS INCORPORATING PSALMS 645 APPENDIX II CONTENTS OF THE PSALMS SCROLLS AND RELATED MANUSCRIPTS 655 SUBJECT AND NAMES INDEX 663 TEXTUAL INDEX 671 The Psalms-the longest and most complex book in the Bible-is a varied collection of religious poetry, the product of centuries of composition and revision. It is the most transcribed and translated book of the Hebrew Bible. Intended for both scholar and student, The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms features a diverse array of essays that treat the Psalms from a variety of perspectives. Beginning with an overview of the Psalms that touches on the history of scholarship and interpretation, the volume goes on to explore the Psalms as a form of literature and a source of creative inspiration, an artifact whose origins remain speculative, a generative presence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and a still-current text that continues to be read and appropriated in various ways. Classical scholarship and traditional approaches as well as contextual interpretations and practices are well represented. The Handbook's coverage is uniquely wide-ranging, covering everything from the ancient Near Eastern background of the Psalms to contemporary liturgical usage. This volume offers a dynamic introduction into an increasingly complex field and will be an indispensable resource for all students of the Psalms.