Charting the Course of Psalms Research - Hardcover

Gerstenberger, Erhard S

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1666797421 ISBN 13: 9781666797428

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2022

Synopsis

For the past several decades, Erhard Gerstenberger has been a leader in the study of the Psalms. These essays bring together some of the key contributions that both reflect on the history of interpretation and the path forward for research. Both the student and the experienced researcher will be enriched by the depth and clarity of perspective that Gerstenberger brings. Two of the essays appear here in English for the first time. Contents 1. The Lyrical Literature 2. Psalms 3. The Psalm Genres 4. Theologies in the Psalms 5. Modes of Communication with the Divine in the Hebrew Psalter 6. The Psalms and Ritual Praxis 7. Non-Temple Psalms: The Cultic Setting Revisited 8. The Psalter as Book and as Collection

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About the Author

Erhard S. Gerstenberger is professor of Old Testament emeritus at the University of Marburg. Among his many publications are Der bittende Mensch (1980/2010), Psalms, Part 1: With an Introduction to Cultic Poetry (1988), Yahweh--the Patriarch (1996), Leviticus (1996), and Psalms, Part 2, and Lamentations, 2001), Theologies in the Old Testament (2002), and Israel in the Persian Period (2012).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1666797421
• ISBN 13: 9781666797428
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 222
• Editor: Hanson K C