Defining the sacred songs : genre, tradition and the post-critical interpretation of the Psalms / / Harry P. Nasuti

• Autore: Nasuti Harry Peter
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 223; 223.206
• Soggetto topico: Sacred songs
• 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.: 9910808218803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies