Jewish and Christian Approaches to the Psalms Conflict and Convergence
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2015
- 271p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part I : Jewish and christian Responses to the psalms The dead sea Psalms scrolls: Psalms manuscripts, editions, and the oxford hebrew bible.........11 Reflections on the Canon and the text of the Bible in Response to peter flint................35 Medieval answers to modern questions......38 Medieval psalms exegesis as a challenge to modern exegesis .............56 The reception of Psalm 137 in Jewish and Christian Traditions...........64 Psalm 137 : Unlikely Liturgy or partisan poem?...............83 The liturgical Psalter in Medieval Europe..........89 True Lights : Seeing the psalms through Chagall`s Church windows.......105 How can we sing the lord`s Song?..........119 The Psalms in Judaism and Christianity : A reception history perspective .......134 Part II: Reading the Psalter The Psalter as Theodicy writ Large ...........147 The psalter and theodicy: perspectives Related to a Rhetorical Approach............161 The Psalter as a Book..........168 The proto-MT Psalter, The king, and Psalms 1 And 2 : A Response to klaus Seybold..............182 On translating the poetry of the psalms ..........190 Traduttore traditore , Beowulf and the Psalms: A response to nancy de Claisse-walford...............204 part III: Past Contexts and Future Perspectives Psalm104 and Akhenaten`s Hymn to the Sun........211 The psalms and sumerian hymns.......229 Frank-lothar Hossfeld and till magnus steiner problems and prospects in psalter studies.........240 Postscript...........259