Four Approaches To The Book Of Psalms

Author : Uriel Simon
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438420097

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Four Approaches to the Book of Psalms by Uriel Simon Pdf

Uriel Simon describes the fascinating controversy that raged from the tenth to the twelfth centuries regarding the theological status and literary genre of the Psalms. Saadiah Gaon, who initiated the controversy, claimed that the Psalter was a second Torah—the Lord's word to David—and by no means man's prayer to God. Salmon ben Yerucham and Yefet ben Ali insisted on the Karaite view that the Book of Psalms was the prophetic common prayerbook of Israel. Totally opposing both of these concepts, Rabbi Moses Ibn Giqatilah regarded the Psalms as non-prophetic prayers authored by different poets, beginning with David and ending with the captive Levites in the Babylonian exile. Finally, Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra reverted to the belief held by the Talmudic sages—that the Psalms were Israel's divinely inspired and most sacred poetry. The book also includes the full text of a previously unknown introduction to Ibn Ezra's lost commentary on the Psalms, which is much more elaborate and revealing than the introduction to his familiar classical commentary.

Author : Meira Polliack,Athalya Brenner-Idan
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884144045

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Jewish Biblical Exegesis from Islamic Lands by Meira Polliack,Athalya Brenner-Idan Pdf

An accessible point of entry into the rich medieval religious landscape of Jewish biblical exegesis s Medieval Judeo-Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible and their commentaries provide a rich source for understanding a formative period in the intellectual, literary, and cultural history and heritage of Jews in Islamic lands. The carefully selected texts in this volume offer intriguing insight into Arabic translations and commentaries by Rabbanite and Karaite Jewish exegetes from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE, arranged according to the three divisions of the Torah, the Former and Latter Prophets, and the Writings. Each text is embedded within an essay discussing its exegetical context, reception, and contribution. Features: Focus on underrepresented medieval Jewish commentators of the Eastern world A list of additional resources, including major Judeo-Arabic commentators in the medieval period Previously unpublished texts from the Cairo Geniza

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004678286

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The Power of Psalms in Post-Biblical Judaism by Anonim Pdf

The powerful poetry of the Hebrew Psalms articulates a unique range of experience, even in translation. They explore the deepest concerns of individuals and communities. They are central to the performance of religion for both Jews and Christians. New discoveries, such as the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, have transformed our view of their role in Judaism, as has modern re-evaluation of the complicated relationship between Judaism and Christianity. Here a group of leading scholars sheds fresh light on the uses of the Psalms in post-biblical Jewish life in a multi-cultural world.

Author : Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781628370027

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The Shape and Shaping of the Book of Psalms by Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford Pdf

A new and innovative way to approach the Psalter that moves beyond form and cult-functional criticism Drawing inspiration from Gerald H. Wilson’s The Editing of the Hebrew Psalter, this volume explores questions of the formation of the Psalter from the perspective of canonical criticism. Though called “canonical criticism,” the study actually employs a number of historically traditional and nontraditional approaches to reading the text including form criticism, historical criticism of individual psalms as well as of the whole Psalter, and redaction criticism. Features: Exploration of collections of psalms, theological viewpoints, sovereignty, and the shape and shaping of Psalms Examination of the impact of canonical criticism on the study of the Psalter Sixteen essays from the Book of Psalms Consultation group and invited scholars

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Grove Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0802136753

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Selections from the Book of Psalms by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ethan B. Katz,Sergey Dolgopolski,Elisha Ancselovits
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000969542

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When Jews Argue by Ethan B. Katz,Sergey Dolgopolski,Elisha Ancselovits Pdf

This book re-thinks the relationship between the world of the traditional Jewish study hall (the Beit Midrash) and the academy: Can these two institutions overcome their vast differences? Should they attempt to do so? If not, what could two methods of study seen as diametrically opposed possibly learn from one another? How might they help each other reconceive their interrelationship, themselves, and the broader study of Jews and Judaism? This book begins with three distinct approaches to these challenges. The chapters then follow the approaches through an interdisciplinary series of pioneering case studies that reassess a range of topics including religion and pluralism in Jewish education; pain, sexual consent, and ethics in the Talmud; the place of reason and devotion among Jewish thinkers as diverse as Moses Mendelssohn, Jacob Taubes, Sarah Schenirer, Ibn Chiquitilla, Yair Ḥayim Bacharach, and the Rav Shagar; and Jewish law as a response to the post-Holocaust landscape. The authors are scholars of rabbinics, history, linguistics, philosophy, law, and education, many of whom also have traditional religious training or ordination. The result is a book designed for learned scholars, non-specialists, and students of varying backgrounds, and one that is sure to spark debate in the university, the Beit Midrash, and far beyond.

Author : Michel G. Distefano
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110213690

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Inner-Midrashic Introductions and Their Influence on Introductions to Medieval Rabbinic Bible Commentaries by Michel G. Distefano Pdf

The opening sections of some exegetical Midrashim deal with the same type of material that is found in introductions to medieval rabbinic Bible commentaries. The application of Goldberg’s form analysis to these sections reveals the new form “Inner-Midrashic Introduction” (IMI) as a thematic discourse on introductory issues to biblical books. By its very nature the IMI is embedded within the comments on the first biblical verse (1:1). Further analysis of medieval rabbinic Bible commentary introductions in terms of their formal, thematic, and material characteristics, reveals that a high degree of continuity exists between them and the IMIs, including another newly discovered form, the “Inner-Commentary Introduction”. These new discoveries challenge the current view that traces the origin of Bible introduction in Judaism exclusively to non-Jewish models. They also point to another important link between the Midrashim and the commentaries, i.e., the decomposition of the functional form midrash in the new discoursive context of the commentaries. Finally, the form analysis demonstrates how larger discourses are formed in the exegetical Midrashim.

Author : Philip S. Johnston,David G. Firth
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830884117

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Interpreting the Psalms by Philip S. Johnston,David G. Firth Pdf

Editors David Firth and Philip Johnston help academic readers understand current approaches and issues in study of the Psalms, while also giving them a deeper appreciation for these poetic texts.

Author : Nahum M. Sarna,Marc Zvi Brettler,Michael A. Fishbane
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781850754190

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Min?ah Le-Na?um by Nahum M. Sarna,Marc Zvi Brettler,Michael A. Fishbane Pdf

Nahum Sarna's distinctive and original scholarship has taken in a wide range of subject areas from work on Genesis and the Psalms to his Jewish Bible commentary and the English translation of the Ketuvim. At first Assistant Professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in the 1950s, he was Dora Golding Professor of Bible at Brandeis University from 1965 to his retirement. This collection of 22 essays reflects Professor Sarna's breadth of interests, with contributions from the late Gershon Cohen on the Hebrew Crusade Chronicle and the Ashkenazic tradition; Judah Goldin on Reuben; Moshe Greenberg and Jonas Greenfield on the work of the Jewish Publication Society's Ketuvim translators; and Shemaryahu Talmon on fragments of a Psalms scroll from Masada.

Author : Steffen G. Jenkins
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725292390

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Imprecations in the Psalms by Steffen G. Jenkins Pdf

The gap between the New Testament and the Imprecatory Psalms is less than we think. When faced with prayers against enemies in the Psalms, we are too quick to assume that these Old Testament authors were ignorant of some basic New Testament ethics. They are self-righteous, thinking they have earned God’s favor. They don’t know that the wicked can repent and be forgiven. They believe in vengeance and hating their enemies. We assume wrongly. These prayers are far more aware than many modern churchgoers of how deeply our own sin runs, so that even when persecuted, we are not automatically entitled to divine help. Even when we are truly entitled to justice against unrighteous attackers, if God rescues us, that is unmerited grace. Further, the psalms are fully aware that their enemies can repent, and they show mercy to them. The Book of Psalms teaches its readers—individuals and the whole people of God—to desire the repentance, forgiveness, and divine blessing of all nations, even the people’s most vicious enemies.

Author : Harry P. Nasuti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567411358

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Defining the Sacred Songs by Harry P. Nasuti Pdf

At a time when the focus of Psalms research has increasingly shifted from the form-critical concerns of Hermann Gunkel and his followers, Defining the Sacred Songs argues for the continued importance of genre as an interpretative category in the post-critical era. Drawing on insights from the Psalms' long interpretative tradition, Nasuti is able to bring a fresh perspective on the role that the genre definition of these texts plays in both contemporary scholarship and the life of the communities that use them. The result is a better appreciation of the peculiar power of the Psalms and a new understanding of the nature of genre analysis in modern biblical studies.

Author : Nancy Elizabeth Van Deusen
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0791441296

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The Place of the Psalms in the Intellectual Culture of the Middle Ages by Nancy Elizabeth Van Deusen Pdf

The Psalms were an important part of the education, daily life, and spiritual development of medieval clerics and monks, and they had a significant impact on lay culture as well. The Place of the Psalms in the Intellectual Culture of the Middle Ages surveys their influence, giving a unique window into the intellectual, spiritual, and emotional culture of the period.

Author : A. K. Lama
Publisher : Langham Monographs
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781907713354

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Reading Psalm 145 with the Sages by A. K. Lama Pdf

Traditionally, the Psalms have been read in reference to their historical context. This publication suggests to read a psalm in its literary context and with reference to the editorial intent of its placement in the Psalter. The author proposes that such reading brings holistic richness in our understanding of the thematic patterns underscored in individual psalms. The study analyzes Psalm 145, a unique Davidic psalm, providing the reader with an in-depth understanding to the purpose of its placement.

Author : Isaac Kalimi
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066677

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Jewish Bible Theology by Isaac Kalimi Pdf

This volume, the first of its sort, takes issue with scholars who believe that the terms biblical theology and Jews contradict rather than approximate each other. Without saying so, they automatically confirm Otto Procksch’s assertion that “alle Theologie ist Christologie.” In recent decades, however, there is increasing interest in earlier and current Jewish biblical theologies. A new generation of Jewish scholars demonstrate great interest in and actively engage in Hebrew Bible theology. They strive to make Jewish biblical theology a legitimate subdiscipline of biblical studies and develop it separately and independently from the Christian theology. Also, many Christian scholars are interested in understanding the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament and its various themes from Jewish theological perspectives. Thus, in response to continual interest from all sides, Isaac Kalimi presents this volume for the benefit of all. Jewish Bible Theology comprises a number of essays that raise substantial, methodological, and historical questions, while others focus on particular topics from the Torah, Prophets, and Writings. Altogether, they reflect fresh and current thinking on important issues in Jewish religious and intellectual world views.

Author : Bruce K. Waltke,James M. Houston
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467433792

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The Psalms as Christian Worship by Bruce K. Waltke,James M. Houston Pdf

This commentary uniquely combines a verse-by-verse exposition of the Hebrew text of selected Psalms with a history of their interpretation in the Church from the time of the apostles to the present. / Bruce K. Waltke begins the collaboration by first skillfully establishing the meaning of the chosen psalms through careful exegesis in which each text is interpreted in light of its historical backgrounds, its literary form, and the poet’s rhetoric. James M. Houston then exposits each text’s relevance in conjunction with the Church’s interpretation of it throughout her history. To further the accuracy of this interpretation, he commissioned fresh translations of numerous Latin and Middle English texts. / The authors’ purpose in creating this volume was not merely to produce a masterful commentary. Rather, they wished to aid in enriching the daily life of the contemporary Christian and to deepen the church’s community. Waltke and Houston here bring together the two voices of the Holy Spirit — heard infallibly in Scripture and edifyingly in the Church’s response — in a rare and illuminating combination.