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The End of the Psalter
Psalms 146-150, sometimes called “Final Hallel” or “Minor Hallel”, are often argued to have been written as a literary end of the Psalter. However, if sources other than the Hebrew Masoretic Text are taken into account, such an original unit of Psalms 146-150 has to be questioned. “The End of the Psalter” presents new interpretations of Psalms 146-150 based on the oldest extant evidence: the Hebrew Masoretic Text, the Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Greek Septuagint. Each Psalm is analysed separately in all three sources, complete with a translation and detailed comments on form, intertextuality, content, genre, and date. Comparisons of the individual Psalms and their intertextual references in the ancient sources highlight substantial differences between the transmitted texts. The book concludes that Psalms 146-150 were at first separate texts which only in the Masoretic Text form the end of the Psalter. It thus stresses the importance of Psalms Exegesis before Psalter Exegesis, and argues for the inclusion of ancient sources beyond to the Masoretic Text to further our understanding of the Psalms.
The Design of the Psalter
Good poetry is like a good painting: the more you linger over it, the more it reveals. It is a deep well that never runs dry. And that is why the Psalter, like a good painting, keeps giving. In the last four decades, Psalms scholarship has found remarkable fruitfulness in reading the Psalter as a book—that is, in reading the Psalms as a unified composition with a metanarrative across its 150 poems. Pivotal questions associated with this approach really boil down to two questions—how and why? How are individual psalms sequenced, if at all, and what is the design logic behind that macrostructure? This volume seeks to answer those questions. In essence, the Psalter unfurls the story of the Davidic covenant. While interest in the editing of the Psalter remains high in recent Psalms scholarship, this interest has not led to clear consensus. The specific and timely contribution of this volume is twofold. First, it consolidates the results of studies on groups of psalms. Second, it integrates poetic and thematic approaches that are typically separated in Psalms scholarship. Readers will find results of this study surprising and their implications sobering.
Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament, 7.2
Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament (JESOT) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the academic and evangelical study of the Old Testament. The journal seeks to fill a need in academia by providing a venue for high-level scholarship on the Old Testament from an evangelical standpoint. The journal is not affiliated with any particular academic institution, and with an international editorial board, open access format, and multi-language submissions, JESOT cultivates and promotes Old Testament scholarship in the evangelical global community. The journal differs from many evangelical journals in that it seeks to publish current academic research in the areas of ancient Near Eastern backgrounds, Dead Sea Scrolls, Rabbinics, Linguistics, Septuagint, Research Methodology, Literary Analysis, Exegesis, Text Criticism, and Theology as they pertain only to the Old Testament. JESOT also includes up-to-date book reviews on various academic studies of the Old Testament.
Preaching as a Language of Hope
Preaching hope in the contexts of HIV and Aids, hunger and poverty are but some of the issues that are looked at in the seventeen chapters of this insightful book.
A Feminist Companion to Judges
Provides feminist perspectives on the book of Judges by leading scholars in Hebrew Bible and feminist hermeneutics.
The Jesus People Movement
The Jesus People Movement, an important social development which emerged from the North American counterculture of the 1960s, developed as an experiential religious revival that attracted teenagers and young adults to the historic tenets of Christianity. Dubbed Jesus Freaks, these participants exhibited a synthesis of hippiedom and an allegiance to Jesus Christ. This spiritual enthusiasm fostered a new street Christianity that spread across North America. Providing an overview of the Jesus People, this resource also offers a detailed examination of its participants, their beliefs, and their activities. The Jesus People Movement, an important social development which emerged from the North Am...
The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1995-2000)
The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1995-2000) is the fourth official Scrolls bibliography, following bibliographies covering the periods 1948-1957 (W. S. LaSor), 1958-1969 (B. Jongeling), and 1970-1995 (F. García Martínez and D. W. Parry). The current interest in the Scrolls, with at least two journals dedicated to these texts, has led to a proliferation of secondary literature, theses, and electronic publications. The Orion Center Bibliography contains over 3000 entries, including approximately 600 reviews, gathered from the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem, from on-line databases, and from the authors themselves. This work is based on the bibliography compiled by the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jerusalem, and includes reviews, journal articles, and electronic publications, a text index and a subject index.
Biblical Studies, Cultural Studies
On? / Athalya Brenner, Jan Willem van Henten -- The madness of Saul : a cultural reading of 1 Samuel 8-31 / Philip F. Esler -- David as musician and poet : plotted and painted / Erich Zenger -- J.M.W. Turner : interpreter of the Bible / David Jasper -- Semiotics in stained glass : Edward Burne-Jones's Song of Songs / Fiona C. Black, J. Cheryl Exum -- The use of the Song of Songs in J.S. Bach's church cantatas / John W. Rogerson -- Ecce vir, or, gendering the Son of Man / David J.A. Clines -- Ugly thoughts : on the face and physique of the historical Jesus / Stephen D. Moore -- Life of Brian research / Philip R. Davies -- Stereotyping the Other :.
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Includes various reports of the Association.
