Defining the sacred songs [[electronic resource] ] : genre, tradition and the post-critical interpretation of the Psalms / / Harry P. Nasuti
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| Autore: |
Nasuti Harry Peter
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| Titolo: |
Defining the sacred songs [[electronic resource] ] : genre, tradition and the post-critical interpretation of the Psalms / / Harry P. Nasuti
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| Pubblicazione: | Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 223 |
| 223.206 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Sacred songs |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-226) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE ROLE OF GENRE IN BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION: THE CASE OF THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS; Chapter 3 THE SHIFTING CENTER OF THE PSALMS: GENRE DEFINITION AND EVALUATION; Chapter 4 THE POWER OF GENRE: FORM AND FUNCTION IN THE PSALMS; Chapter 5 KING DAVID'S GENRES: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUTHORSHIP AND GENRE IN THE PSALMS; Chapter 6 THE PARTS AND THE WHOLE: THE GENRE DEFINITION OF THE PSALMS AND THE CANONICAL SHAPE OF THE PSALTER; Chapter 7 CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors |
| Sommario/riassunto: | At a time when the focus of Psalms research has increasingly shifted from the form-critical concerns of Hermann Gunkel and his followers, Defining the Sacred Songs argues for the continued importance of genre as an interpretative category in the post-critical era. Drawing on insights from the Psalms' long interpretative tradition, Nasuti is able to bring a fresh perspective on the role that the genre definition of these texts plays in both contemporary scholarship and the life of the communities that use them. The result is a better appreciation of the peculiar power of the Psalms and a new un |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Defining the sacred songs |
| ISBN: | 1-281-84149-8 |
| 9786611841492 | |
| 0-567-41135-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453892803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies