LEADER 02762nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910453908503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-81414-8 010 $a9786611814144 010 $a0-567-12554-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542324 035 $a(EBL)437018 035 $a(OCoLC)276838363 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000233117 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12067476 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233117 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10220507 035 $a(PQKB)11252747 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC437018 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL437018 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250919 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL181414 035 $a(OCoLC)893334620 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542324 100 $a19970103d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading the Psalms as a book$b[electronic resource] /$fNorman Whybray 210 $aSheffield, England $cSheffield Academic Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (145 p.) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v222 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85075-622-8 311 $a1-85075-797-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThis book discusses the theory that the Psalter was compiled with the specific intention that it should be used as a book for private spiritual reading. It is argued that if this were so, the work of the final editors would not have been confined to arranging the psalms in a particular order but would have included additions and interpolations intended to give the whole book a new orientation. An investigation of selected psalms shows that although the Psalter may have become a book for private devotion not long after its compilation, there is little evidence that it was compiled for that purp 410 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v222. 606 $aPsalms (Music) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPsalms (Music) 676 $a223.206 676 $a223/.206 700 $aWhybray$b R. N$g(Roger Norman)$0872861 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453908503321 996 $aReading the Psalms as a book$92253577 997 $aUNINA