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Reading the Psalms as a book / / Norman Whybray



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Autore: Whybray R. N (Roger Norman) Visualizza persona
Titolo: Reading the Psalms as a book / / Norman Whybray Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
Disciplina: 223.206
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Soggetto topico: Psalms (Music)
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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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ISBN: 1-281-81414-8
9786611814144
0-567-12554-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824996903321
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Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 222.