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

Whybray, R. Norman

ISBN 10: 1850757976 / ISBN 13: 9781850757979

Verlag: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996

Beschreibung

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 47P40_31_1850757976

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Reading the Psalms as a Book (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
• Verlag: Sheffield Academic Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1850757976
• ISBN-13: 9781850757979
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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