TY - BOOK AU - Brown,William P. TI - The Oxford handbook of the Psalms T2 - Oxford handbooks online SN - 9780199790500 AV - BS1430.52 .O94 2014eb U1 - 223/.206 23 PY - 2014///] CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Bible KW - Psalms KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - fast KW - Bibel KW - Psalmen KW - gnd KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - Old Testament KW - bisacsh KW - Wisdom Literature KW - Religion KW - hilcc KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Judaism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; The Psalms : an overview; William P. Brown --; Part I. Ancient Near Eastern backgrounds; Mesopotamian parallels to the Psalms; Anna Elise Zernecke --; Canaanite backgrounds to the Psalms; Mark S. Smith --; Egyptian backgrounds to the Psalms; Bernd U. Schipper --; Part II. Language of the Psalms; Poetry of the Psalms; F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp --; The Psalms in poetry; Peter S. Hawkins --; Language of lament in the Psalms; Carleen Mandolfo --; Praise and metonymy in the Psalms; Travis J. Bott --; Wisdom language in the Psalms; Diane Jacobson --; Part III. Translating Psalms; The Aramaic Psalter; David M. Stec --; The Septuagint Psalter; Joachim Schaper --; Jerome's Psalters; Scott Goins --; Part IV. Composition of the Psalms; The Levites and the editorial composition of the Psalms; Susan E. Gillingham --; On the ordering of Psalms as demonstrated by Psalms 136-150; Yair Zakovitch --; Unrolling the Dead Sea Psalms scrolls; Peter W. Flint --; Part V. History of interpretation and reception : a sampling; Some aspects of traditional Jewish Psalms interpretation; Alan Cooper --; Psalms in the New Testament; Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll --; Psalms in the Qurʼan and in the Islamic religious imagination; Walid A. Saleh --; Reception of the Psalms : the example of Psalm 91; Brennan Breed --; Part VI. Interpretive approaches; Psalms and the question of genre; William H. Bellinger; Jr. --; Psalms of the temple; Richard J. Clifford --; Non-temple Psalms : the cultic setting revisited; Erhard S. Gerstenberger --; The shape and shaping of the Psalter : Psalms in their literary context; J. Clinton McCann; Jr. --; The meta-narrative of the Psalter; Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford --; Ancient Near Eastern iconography and the Psalms; Joel M. LeMon --; Rhetoric of the Psalms; Robert L. Foster --; Poetic attachment : psychology, psycholinguistics, and the Psalms; Brent A. Strawn --; Feminist interpretation of the Psalms; Melody D. Knowles --; Kingship in the book of Psalms; Norman K. Gottwald --; Part VII. Culturally based interpretations; Singing a subversive song : Psalm 137 and "colored Pompey"; Rodney S. Sadler; Jr. --; Rising from generation to generation : lament, hope, consciousness, home, and dream; John J. Ahn --; Psalms in Latin America; Edesio Sanchez --; Part VIII. Theologies of the Psalms; Jewish theology of the Psalms; Marc Zvi Brettler --; Christian theology of the Psalms; Rolf A. Jacobson --; Part IX. Anthropologies of the Psalms; On "being human" in the Psalms; Walter Brueggemann --; The righteous and the wicked; Jerome F.D. Creach --; Part X. Practicing the Psalms; The Psalms in Christian worship; Kimberly Bracken Long --; Preaching Psalms; Thomas G. Long --; Singing the Psalms; Michael Morgan --; Psalms as resources for pastoral care; Carol L. Schnabl Schweitzer --; The Psalms : a monastic perspective; Edmée Kingsmill SLG --; Ecological use of the Psalms; David Rensberger --; Appendix I. Apocryphal" Psalms in the Psalms scrolls and in texts incorporating Psalms; Peter W. Flint --; Appendix II; Contents of the Psalms scrolls and related manuscripts; Peter W. Flint N2 - An indispensable resource for students and scholars, 'The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms' features a diverse array of essays that treat the Psalms from a variety of perspectives. Classical scholarship and approaches as well as contextual interpretations and practices are well represented. The coverage is uniquely wide ranging UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=698156 ER -