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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454117103321

Autore

Goulder M. D

Titolo

The Psalms of Asaph and the Pentateuch [[electronic resource] ] : studies in the Psalter, III / / Michael D. Goulder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996

ISBN

1-281-81393-1

9786611813932

0-567-63319-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, , 0309-0787 ; ; 233

Disciplina

223.206

223/.206

Soggetti

Psalms (Music)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 DELITZSCH' S DILEMMA; Part I: THE PSALMS OF ASAPH; Part II: E, D, J, P; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Subjects; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The Asaph psalms (50, 73-83) are a unity. They often call God 'Elohim' and 'El', and the people 'Joseph', as Amos does; they appeal to Israelite history, the exodus and the covenant; they are written in the face of military catastrophe. In this suggestive and brilliant work, Goulder argues that they were composed in Bethel in the 720s for use as the psalmody for the autumn festival. This gives us vital new evidence for the history of the Pentateuch: there was at Bethel a historical tradition from at least the time of the oppression in Egypt to the Solomonic Empire; the Asaphites took this trad