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Encountering the Book of Psalms: A Literary and Theological Introduction
- ISBN-10:
- 0801027950
- ISBN-13:
- 9780801027956
- Pub. Date:
- 07/01/2004
- Publisher:
- Baker Publishing Group
- ISBN-10:
- 0801027950
- ISBN-13:
- 9780801027956
- Pub. Date:
- 07/01/2004
- Publisher:
- Baker Publishing Group
Encountering the Book of Psalms: A Literary and Theological Introduction
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Overview
Encountering the Book of Psalms begins by examining literary and hermeneutical dimensions. Bullock discusses the nature, structure, and authorship of the Psalter and provides readers with specific principles for interpretation. He goes on to examine the use of Psalms in worship from the ancient world to the twenty-first century. He further explores how the psalmists used historical reflection to serve their theological purposes and concludes with an investigation of different types of psalms (e.g., praise, lament, and wisdom).
Like other volumes in the Encountering Biblical Studies series, Encountering the Book of Psalms is designed for classroom use and includes a number of helpful features, including chapter objectives and outlines, sidebars, charts, and illustrations.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780801027956 |
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Publisher: | Baker Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 07/01/2004 |
Series: | Encountering Biblical Studies Series |
Pages: | 272 |
Product dimensions: | 6.75(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.56(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Editor's Preface | 11 | |
Publisher's Preface | 12 | |
To the Student | 14 | |
Author's Preface | 15 | |
Abbreviations | 17 | |
Part 1 | Encountering the Literary and Hermeneutical Dimensions of the Psalms | |
1 | "Begin the Music": Introducing the Psalms | 21 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
Names of the Book | ||
Nature of the Book | ||
Place of the Book in the Canon | ||
David's Place in the Book | ||
Titles of the Psalms and Special Terms | ||
Author Titles | ||
Historical Titles | ||
Titles of Literary or Musical Genre | ||
Titles with Musical Terms | ||
Titles with Musical Tunes | ||
Musical Instruments | ||
Singing | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
2 | Listening to the Symphony of Praise: Interpreting the Psalms | 35 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
Scanning the Orchestra: Hebrew Poetry | ||
Parallelism | ||
Synonymous Parallelism | ||
Antithetic Parallelism | ||
Strophe | ||
Chiastic Structure | ||
Reading the Psalms through the Psalmists' Experience | ||
Reading the Psalms through the Editors' Experience | ||
Reading the Psalms through the Readers' Experience | ||
Reading the Psalms through the Apostles' Experience | ||
Typology | ||
Messianism | ||
Reading the Psalms through the Literary Critics' Eyes | ||
Reading the Psalms through the Students' Experience | ||
Principle 1 | Determine Who Is Speaking | |
Principle 2 | Determine if the Psalm Is Personal or Corporate | |
Principle 3 | Determine for What Purpose the Psalm Was Written | |
Principle 4 | Determine the Emotional Orientation of the Psalm | |
Principle 5 | Determine the Genre of the Psalm if Possible | |
Principle 6 | Determine if There Is a Refrain or Recurring Words and Phrases | |
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
3 | The Seams of the Garment of Praise: The Structure of the Book | 57 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
The Fivefold Division of the Psalter | ||
The Editorial Seams of the Book: Books 1-3 (Pss 1-89) | ||
Book 1 (Pss 1-41) | ||
Book 2 (Pss 42-72) | ||
Book 3 (Pss 73-89) | ||
Summary | ||
The Editorial Seams of the Book: Books 4-5 (Pss 90-150) | ||
Book 4 (Pss 90-106) | ||
Book 5 (Pss 107-50) | ||
Summary | ||
The Final Shape of the Book: Psalms 1 and 146-50 | ||
The Date of the Final Compilation of the Psalter | ||
A Consideration of Authorship in the Shaping of the Book | ||
Authorship | ||
The Davidic Psalms | ||
The Korah Psalms (Pss 42-49; 84-85; 87-88) | ||
The Asaph Psalms (Pss 50; 73-83) | ||
Songs of Ascents (Pss 120-34) | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
Part 2 | Encountering the Psalms as Worship and Historical Reflection | |
4 | The Psalms in Worship and Faith | 85 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
The Psalms as an Expression of Shared Humanness | ||
The Psalms as an Expression of Our Fragmentary Life | ||
The Psalms as Preincarnational Revelation | ||
The Psalms in the Qumran Scrolls | ||
The Psalms in the New Testament | ||
The Psalms in the Gospels | ||
Paul's Use of the Psalms | ||
The Psalms in the Epistle to the Hebrews | ||
Summary | ||
The Psalms in Temple Worship | ||
The Psalms in Synagogue Worship | ||
The Psalms in Christian Worship | ||
The Church until the Reformation | ||
The Psalms in the Reformation Church | ||
The Psalms into the Twenty-First Century | ||
Hiding the Psalms in One's Heart | ||
Summary | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
5 | Encountering Theology and History in the Psalms | 99 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
Israel and Creation | ||
The Patriarchs in Retrospect | ||
The Exodus | ||
Egyptian Bondage | ||
Crossing of the Red Sea | ||
Sinai | ||
The Wilderness | ||
Conquest | ||
Life in the Land | ||
The Monarchy | ||
The Exile and Return | ||
Summary | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
Part 3 | Encountering the Psalms as Literary and Theological Types | |
6 | "Praise the Lord, O My Soul; All My Inmost Being, Praise His Holy Name": The Psalms of Praise | 121 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
The Anatomy of Praise | ||
Form and Description of the Psalms of Praise | ||
Major Themes of the Psalms of Praise | ||
Creation | ||
Creation by the Word of Command | ||
Creation by Deed | ||
Creation by Understanding | ||
Creation by Power | ||
The Beauty and the Language of Creation | ||
Universality of God's Presence and Reign | ||
God's Work in Israel's History | ||
Summary | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
7 | "My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?": Psalms of Lament | 135 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
Definition and Description of the Psalms of Lament | ||
Subcategories of the Psalms of Lament | ||
Identity of the Enemies/Evildoers in the Psalms | ||
Summary | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
8 | "I Love the Lord, for He Heard My Voice; He Heard My Cry for Mercy": Psalms of Thanksgiving | 151 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
Description of Form and Content | ||
Introduction | ||
Report of Crisis | ||
Deliverance as an Accomplished Fact | ||
Conclusion | ||
The Life Situation (Sitz im Leben) of the Psalms of Thanksgiving | ||
Content of the Individual Psalms of Thanksgiving | ||
Community Psalms of Thanksgiving | ||
Theological Implications of the Psalms of Thanksgiving | ||
Summary | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
9 | "The Lord Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want": Psalms of Trust | 165 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
Definition and Description of the Psalms of Trust | ||
The Individual Psalms of Trust | ||
Psalm 4 | ||
Psalm 16 | ||
Psalm 23 | ||
Psalm 27 | ||
Psalm 62 | ||
Psalm 73 | ||
The Community Psalms of Trust | ||
Psalm 90 | ||
Psalm 115 | ||
Psalm 123 | ||
Psalm 124 | ||
Psalm 125 | ||
Psalm 126 | ||
Summary | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
10 | "You Are My Son; Today I Have Become Your Father": Psalms of the Earthly King | 177 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
Identifying the Royal Psalms | ||
The Setting of the Royal Psalms | ||
The Royal Psalms and the Messiah | ||
Summary | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
11 | "The Lord Reigns": Psalms of the Heavenly King | 187 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
Description | ||
Thematic Emphases | ||
The Lord Is Sovereign in Righteousness and Justice | ||
The Lord Is Sovereign in Creation | ||
The Lord Is Sovereign in Judgment | ||
The Lord Is the Sovereign King of the Future | ||
The Messianic Overtones of the Kingship of Yahweh Psalms | ||
Dating the Kingship of Yahweh Psalms | ||
Summary | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
12 | "My Mouth Will Speak Words of Wisdom": The Wisdom Psalms | 199 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
Wisdom Psalms | ||
Definition and Description of Wisdom Psalms | ||
Identifying Wisdom Psalms | ||
Structure and Motif in the Wisdom Psalms | ||
Summary | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
13 | "The Law of the Lord Is Perfect, Reviving the Soul": The Psalms of Torah | 213 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
Description of the Torah Psalms and Definition of Torah | ||
Description of the Torah Psalms | ||
Definition of Torah | ||
God's Ways | ||
God's Works | ||
God's Words | ||
Torah Piety as the Spiritual Provenance of the Psalter | ||
Torah and Wisdom | ||
The Torah Psalms | ||
Psalm 1 | ||
Psalm 19 | ||
Psalm 119 | ||
Date of Composition of Psalm 119 | ||
A Profile of the Author of Psalm 119 | ||
The Torah Theology of Psalm 119 | ||
Psalm 119 and the Nature of Torah | ||
Psalm 119 and the Purpose of Torah | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
14 | "May They Be Blotted Out of the Book of Life": The Imprecatory Psalms | 227 |
Outline | ||
Objectives | ||
The Imprecatory Psalms Defined | ||
The Problem | ||
The Solutions | ||
The Nature of Poetry Itself | ||
Effective Magic | ||
An Inferior Ethic | ||
Prediction over Pronouncement | ||
Messianic | ||
Human Vindictiveness over Divine Instruction | ||
Representative of Human Injustice | ||
The Words of Others | ||
National Rather than Personal | ||
Distinction between the Sin and the Sinner | ||
Interpreting the Imprecatory Psalms as the Word of God | ||
The Psalmist's Theological Perspective | ||
The "Curses" | ||
Principles of Judgment | ||
Study Questions | ||
Key Terms | ||
Notes | 239 | |
Select Bibliography of the Psalms | 245 | |
Glossary | 249 | |
Subject Index | 253 | |
Scripture Index | 257 |