RT Book
T1 The design of the Psalter: a macrostructural analysis
A1 Ho, Peter C. W.
A2 McConville, J. G. 1950-
LA English
LA Hebrew
PP Eugene, Oregon
PB Pickwick Publications
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1686137818
AB Good poetry is like a good painting: the more you linger over it, the more it reveals. It is a deep well that never runs dry. And that is why the Psalter, like a good painting, keeps giving. In the last four decades, Psalms scholarship has found remarkable fruitfulness in reading the Psalter as a book--that is, in reading the Psalms as a unified composition with a metanarrative across its 150 poems. Pivotal questions associated with this approach really boil down to two questions--how and why? How are individual psalms sequenced, if at all, and what is the design logic behind that macrostructure? This volume seeks to answer those questions. In essence, the Psalter unfurls the story of the Davidic covenant. While interest in the editing of the Psalter remains high in recent Psalms scholarship, this interest has not led to clear consensus. The specific and timely contribution of this volume is twofold. First, it consolidates the results of studies on groups of psalms. Second, it integrates poetic and thematic approaches that are typically separated in Psalms scholarship. Readers will find results of this study surprising and their implications sobering. --
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-378) and indexes
CN BS1430.52
SN 9781532654428
SN 9781532654435
K1 Bible : Psalms : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Hebrew poetry, Biblical : History and criticism
K1 Hochschulschrift