
Psalms, Part 2 and Lamentations
Erhard S. Gerstenberger(Author)
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Will be published approx. on 15. August 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
568 pages
978-0-8028-0488-4 (ISBN)
Description
Psalms, Part 2, and Lamentations is Volume XV of The Forms of the Old Testament Literature, a series that aims to present a form- critical analysis of every book and each unit in the Hebrew Bible. Fundamentally exegetical, the FOTL volumes examine the structure, genre, setting, and intention of the biblical literature in question. They also study the history behind the form-critical discussion of the material, attempt to bring consistency to the terminology for the genres and formulas of the biblical literature, and expose the exegetical procedures so as to enable students and pastors to engage in their own analysis and interpretation of the Old Testament texts.
This volume completes Erhard Gerstenberger's widely praised discussion of the psalms literature begun in Volume XIV, and includes as well an admirable study of the book of Lamentations. Gerstenberger interprets the different kinds of songs and prayers that comprise the book of Psalms in light of their socio-historical settings and provides a concise formal and structural analysis of each biblical text based on an illuminating comparison with other ancient Near Eastern prayers and hymns. Seeing the biblical writings in relation to the social, cultic, religious, and theological conceptions of Israel's neighoring peoples allows contemporary readers to better grasp the purpose and spiritual meaning of the psalms and Lamentations to the Jewish community that composed them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Grand Rapids
United States
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
911 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8028-0488-4 (9780802804884)
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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).