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Whybray R. N (Roger Norman) |
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Titolo |
Reading the Psalms as a book / / Norman Whybray |
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Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996 |
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1-281-81414-8 |
9786611814144 |
0-567-12554-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (145 p.) |
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Collana |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 222 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Abbreviations; Note on Commentaries; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 RECENT VIEWS ON THE COMPOSITION AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE PSALTER; Chapter 2 WISDOM AND TORAH MATERIAL; Chapter 3 ESCHATOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; Chapter 4 THE INTERPRETATION OF RITUAL SACRIFICE; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book discusses the theory that the Psalter was compiled with the specific intention that it should be used as a book for private spiritual reading. It is argued that if this were so, the work of the final editors would not have been confined to arranging the psalms in a particular order but would have included additions and interpolations intended to give the whole book a new orientation. An investigation of selected psalms shows that although the Psalter may have become a book for private devotion not long after its compilation, there is little evidence that it was compiled for that purp |
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