An Introduction to Wisdom Literature and the Psalms Festschrift Marvin E.Tate

includes index and biblioraphy

Introduction to the Psalms and Wisdom Literature ......... 1 H. Wayne Bollard, Jr. A Biographical Sketch of Marvin E. Tate .............. 11 Robert C. Dunston The Psalms A History of the Use and Interpretation of the Psalms ...... 21 John D. W. Watts From Psalm to Psalms to Psalter .................... 37 James D. Nogalski The Poetry and Literature of the Psalms ............... 55 Daniel Mynatt The Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Book of Psalms Joel F. Drinkard, Jr. The Canonical Shape of the Psalms .................. 93 Nancy L. deClaisse`-Walford Portraits of Faith: The Scope of Theology in the Psalms ... Ill William H. Bellinger, Jr. The Wisdom Literature An Introduction to the History of Interpretation ......... 129 M. Pierce Matheney, Jr. Literary Forms in the Wisdom Literature .............. 155 W. Dennis Tucker, Jr. Biblical Wisdom in Its Ancient Middle Eastern Context Thomas Smothers The Canonical Shape of the Wisdom Literature ......... 181 Gerald Keown The Scope of Theology in Wisdom Literature .......... 195 Carol Stuart Grizzard Unresolved Issues in Wisdom Literature .............. 215 James L. Crenshaw