The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms (Oxford Handbooks)

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 THE PSALMS COPYRIGHT CONTENTS PREFACE LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ABBREVIATIONS CHAPTER 1 THE PSALMS: AN OVERVIEW PART I ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN BACKGROUNDS CHAPTER 2 MESOPOTAMIAN PARALLELS TO THE PSALMS CHAPTER 3 CANAANITE BACKGROUNDS TO THE PSALMS CHAPTER 4 EGYPTIAN BACKGROUNDS TO THE PSALMS PART II LANGUAGE OF THE PSALMS CHAPTER 5 POETRY OF THE PSALMS CHAPTER 6 THE PSALMS IN POETRY CHAPTER 7 LANGUAGE OF LAMENT IN THE PSALMS CHAPTER 8 PRAISE AND METONYMY IN THE PSALMS CHAPTER 9 WISDOM LANGUAGE IN THE PSALMS PART III TRANSLATING PSALMS CHAPTER 10 THE ARAMAIC PSALTER CHAPTER 11 THE SEPTUAGINT PSALTER CHAPTER 12 JEROME’S PSALTERS PART IV COMPOSITION OF THE PSALMS CHAPTER 13 THE LEVITES AND THEEDITORIAL COMPOSITIONOF THE PSALMS CHAPTER 14 ON THE ORDERING OF PSALMS AS DEMONSTRATED BY PSALMS 136–150 CHAPTER 15 UNROLLING THE DEAD SEA PSALMS SCROLLS PART V HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION AND RECEPTION: ASAMPLING CHAPTER 16 SOME ASPECTS OF TRADITIONAL JEWISH PSALMS INTERPRETATION CHAPTER 17 PSALMS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT CHAPTER 18 THE PSALMS IN THE QUR’AN AND IN THE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS IMAGINATION CHAPTER 19 RECEPTION OF THE PSALMS: THE EXAMPLE OF PSALM 91 PART VI INTERPRETIVE APPROACHES CHAPTER 20 PSALMS AND THE QUESTION OF GENRE CHAPTER 21 PSALMS OF THE TEMPLE CHAPTER 22 NON-TEMPLE PSALMS: THE CULTIC SETTING REVISITED CHAPTER 23 THE SHAPE AND SHAPING OF THE PSALTER: PSALMS IN THEIR LITERARY CONTEXT CHAPTER 24 THE META-NARRATIVE OF THE PSALTER CHAPTER 25 ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ICONOGRAPHY AND THE PSALMS CHAPTER 26 RHETORIC OF THE PSALMS CHAPTER 27 POETIC ATTACHMENT: PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, AND THE PSALMS CHAPTER 28 FEMINIST INTERPRETATION OF THE PSALMS CHAPTER 29 KINGSHIP IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS PART VII CULTURALLY BASED INTERPRETATIONS CHAPTER 30 SINGING A SUBVERSIVE SONG: PSALM 137 AND “COLORED POMPEY” CHAPTER 31 RISING FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION: LAMENT, HOPE, CONSCIOUSNESS, HOME, AND DREAM CHAPTER 32 PSALMS IN LATIN AMERICA PART VIII THEOLOGIES OF THE PSALMS CHAPTER 33 JEWISH THEOLOGY OF THE PSALMS CHAPTER 34 CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY OF THE PSALMS PART IX ANTHROPOLOGIES OF THE PSALMS CHAPTER 35 ON “BEING HUMAN” IN THE PSALMS CHAPTER 36 THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED PART X PRACTICING THE PSALMS CHAPTER 37 THE PSALMS IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP CHAPTER 38 PREACHING PSALMS CHAPTER 39 SINGING THE PSALMS CHAPTER 40 PSALMS AS RESOURCES FOR PASTORAL CARE CHAPTER 41 THE PSALMS: A MONASTIC PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 42 ECOLOGICAL USE OF THE PSALMS APPENDIX I “APOCRYPHAL” PSALMS IN THE PSALMS SCROLLS AND IN TEXTS INCORPORATING PSALMS APPENDIX II CONTENTS OF THE PSALMS SCROLLS AND RELATED MANUSCRIPTS SUBJECT AND NAMES INDEX TEXTUAL INDEX 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.