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Author:   Susan Gillingham (Fellow and Tutor in Theology, Worcester College, Oxford; Reader in Old Testament, Oxford University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.644kg
ISBN:  

9780199699544

ISBN 10:   0199699542
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   07 February 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Susan Gillingham: Introduction I: Jewish and Christian Approaches to the Psalms 1: Peter Flint: The Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls. Psalms Manuscripts, Editions, and the Oxford Hebrew Bible 2: Geza Vermes: Reflections on the Canon and the Text of the Bible in response to Peter Flint 3: Adele Berlin: Medieval Answers to Modern Questions. Medieval Jewish Interpreters of Psalms 4: Corinna Körting: Medieval Psalms Exegesis as a Challenge to Modern Exegesis: A Response to Adele Berlin 5: Susan Gillingham: The Reception of Psalm 137 in Jewish and Christian Traditions 6: Jonathan Magonet: Psalm 137 - Unlikely Liturgy or Partisan Poem? A Response to Sue Gillingham 7: Elizabeth Solopova: The Liturgical Psalter in Medieval Europe 8: Aaron Rosen: True Lights: Seeing the Psalms through Chagall's Church Windows 9: David C. Mitchell: How Can We Sing the Lord's Song? Deciphering the Masoretic Cantillation 10: John Sawyer: The Psalms in Judaism and Christianity. A Reception History Perspective II: Reading the Psalter 11: Bill Bellinger, Jr.: The Psalter as Theodicy Writ Large 12: Dirk Human: The Psalter and Theodicy. Perspectives Related to a Rhetorical Approach. 13: Klaus Seybold: The Psalter as a Book 14: David Howard, Jr.: The Proto-mt Psalter, the King, and Psalms 1 and 2. A response to Klaus Seybold. 15: Nancy deClaissé Walford: On Translating the Poetry of the Psalms 16: Philip Johnston: Traduttore Traditore, Beowulf and the Psalms. A Response to Nancy Declaissé Walford. III: Past Contexts and Future Perspectives 17: John Day: Psalm 104 and Akhenaten's Hymn to the Sun 18: Erhard Gerstenberger: The Psalms and Sumerian Hymns 19: Frank-Lothar Hossfeld and Till Magnus Steiner: Problems and Prospects in Psalter Studies 20: John Barton: Postscript

Reviews

This is indeed a helpful and stimulating examination of a number of themes in contemporary study of the Psalter. David G. Firth, The Journal of Theological Studies, The book is beautifully produced, and is a fine contribution to current work on the psalms. John Rogerson, Church Times

This is indeed a helpful and stimulating examination of a number of themes in contemporary study of the Psalter. David G. Firth, The Journal of Theological Studies,

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Susan Gillingham is Fellow and Tutor in Theology, Worcester College, Oxford; Reader in Old Testament, Oxford University.

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