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The book of Psalms / Nancy DeClaisse-Walford, Rolf A. Jacobson, Beth Laneel Tanner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New international commentary on the Old TestamentPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014Description: xxii, 1051 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802824936
  • 0802824935
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • R 221.7 NICO 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1430.53 .D43 2014
Contents:
INTRODUCTION -- Title, text, and translation -- Authorship, superscriptions, and date -- Form criticism and historical approaches to interpretation -- The canonical shape of the psalter -- The poetry of the psalter -- Themes and theology -- Analysis of contents -- Select bibliography -- TEXT AND COMMENTARY -- Book one of the psalter: Psalms 1-41 -- Book two of the psalter: Psalms 42-72 -- Book three of the psalter: Psalms 73-89 -- Book four of the psalter: Psalms 90-106 -- Book five of the psalter: Psalms 107-150 -- The songs of the ascents: Psalms 120-134 -- Index of authors -- Index of names and subjects -- Index of scripture and other ancient literature.
Summary: Reflecting the combined insights and strengths of three superior biblical scholars, this book is the most complete and detailed one-volume commentary available on the Psalms. Nancy deClaisse-Walford, Rolf Jacobson, and Beth LaNeel Tanner offer a succinct introduction to the Psalter, a new translation of all the psalms that takes special account of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and individual entries on each psalm unit. Throughout their commentary they drew on state-of-the-art research on the canonical shape and shaping of the Psalter and give nuanced attention to the poetic nature of the psalms.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-51) and indexes.

INTRODUCTION -- Title, text, and translation -- Authorship, superscriptions, and date -- Form criticism and historical approaches to interpretation -- The canonical shape of the psalter -- The poetry of the psalter -- Themes and theology -- Analysis of contents -- Select bibliography -- TEXT AND COMMENTARY -- Book one of the psalter: Psalms 1-41 -- Book two of the psalter: Psalms 42-72 -- Book three of the psalter: Psalms 73-89 -- Book four of the psalter: Psalms 90-106 -- Book five of the psalter: Psalms 107-150 -- The songs of the ascents: Psalms 120-134 -- Index of authors -- Index of names and subjects -- Index of scripture and other ancient literature.

Reflecting the combined insights and strengths of three superior biblical scholars, this book is the most complete and detailed one-volume commentary available on the Psalms. Nancy deClaisse-Walford, Rolf Jacobson, and Beth LaNeel Tanner offer a succinct introduction to the Psalter, a new translation of all the psalms that takes special account of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and individual entries on each psalm unit. Throughout their commentary they drew on state-of-the-art research on the canonical shape and shaping of the Psalter and give nuanced attention to the poetic nature of the psalms.

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