02762nam 2200613Ia 450 991045390850332120200520144314.01-281-81414-897866118141440-567-12554-8(CKB)1000000000542324(EBL)437018(OCoLC)276838363(SSID)ssj0000233117(PQKBManifestationID)12067476(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233117(PQKBWorkID)10220507(PQKB)11252747(MiAaPQ)EBC437018(Au-PeEL)EBL437018(CaPaEBR)ebr10250919(CaONFJC)MIL181414(OCoLC)893334620(EXLCZ)99100000000054232419970103d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading the Psalms as a book[electronic resource] /Norman WhybraySheffield, England Sheffield Academic Pressc19961 online resource (145 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;222Description based upon print version of record.1-85075-622-8 1-85075-797-6 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 AuthorsThis 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 purpJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;222.Psalms (Music)Electronic books.Psalms (Music)223.206223/.206Whybray R. N(Roger Norman)872861MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453908503321Reading the Psalms as a book2253577UNINA