Memories of Asaph
Mnemohistory and the Psalms of Asaph
Published on 15. June 2017
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-5064-2346-3 (ISBN)
Description
Although the Psalms of Asaph (Pss. 50, 73?83) contain a concentration of historical referents unparalleled in the Psalter, they have rarely attracted sustained historical interest. Karl N. Jacobson identifies these Psalms as containing cultic historiography, historical narratives written for recitation in worship, and explores them through mnemohis
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5064-2346-3 (9781506423463)
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06/2017
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Person
Karl N. Jacobson is senior pastor at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Minneapolis, MN, and a colloquy advisor in Luther Seminary's DMin program. Karl has written widely on the Psalms, podcasts on faith practices and Scripture at "Imbibleing," and blogs about the Bible and popular culture at bibpopcult.wordpress.com. He is the author of Memories of Asaph: Mnemohistory and the Psalms of Asaph and co-author of Crazy Book: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Biblical Terms, Revised and Expanded Edition.