Reading the Psalms as a Book (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Whybray, R. Norman

ISBN 10: 1850757976 / ISBN 13: 9781850757979

Edité par Bloomsbury, 1996

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N° de réf. du vendeur 47P40_31_1850757976

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• Titre: Reading the Psalms as a Book (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
• Éditeur: Bloomsbury
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1850757976
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781850757979
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: new

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Synopsis

This book discusses the theory that the Psalter was compiled with the specific intention that it should be used as a book for private spiritual reading. It is argued that if this were so, the work of the final editors would not have been confined to arranging the psalms in a particular order but would have included additions and interpolations intended to give the whole book a new orientation. An investigation of selected psalms shows that although the Psalter may have become a book for private devotion not long after its compilation, there is little evidence that it was compiled for that purpose.

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The late was Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at the Univeristy of Hull.