Charting the Course of Psalms Research
Published on 18. October 2022
Book
Hardback
222 pages
978-1-6667-9742-8 (ISBN)
Description
For the past several decades, Erhard Gerstenberger has been a leader in the study of the Psalms. These essays bring together some of the key contributions that both reflect on the history of interpretation and the path forward for research. Both the student and the experienced researcher will be enriched by the depth and clarity of perspective that Gerstenberger brings. Two of the essays appear here in English for the first time.
Contents
1. The Lyrical Literature
2. Psalms
3. The Psalm Genres
4. Theologies in the Psalms
5. Modes of Communication with the Divine in the Hebrew Psalter
6. The Psalms and Ritual Praxis
7. Non-Temple Psalms: The Cultic Setting Revisited
8. The Psalter as Book and as Collection
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
518 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6667-9742-8 (9781666797428)
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Erhard S. Gerstenberger | K. C. Hanson
Charting the Course of Psalms Research
Essays on the Psalms, Volume 1
E-Book
10/2022
Wipf and Stock Publishers
€28.49
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Persons
Erhard S. Gerstenberger was Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at the University of Marburg. Among his many publications are Der bittende Mensch (1980/2010), Psalms, Part 1: With an Introduction to Cultic Poetry (1988), Yahweh--the Patriarch (1996/2021), Leviticus (1996), Psalms, Part 2 and Lamentations (2001), Theologies in the Old Testament (2002), Israel in the Persian Period (2012), and Charting the Course of Psalms Research (Cascade, 2022).