| Description |
1 online resource (xiv) |
| Series |
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies.
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| Contents |
Preface; Editors'' Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part I: THEORETICAL AND THEMATIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE RHETORIC OF THE PSALMS; ""THE ALTAR OF CERTITUDE"": REFLECTIONS ON ""SETTING"" AND RHETORICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE PSALMS; PERSUADING THE ONE AND ONLY GOD TO INTERVENE; RAPID CHANGE OF MOOD: ORACLES OF SALVATION, CERTAINTY OF A HEARING, OR RHETORICAL PLAY?; GROWLING DOGS AND THIRSTY DEER: USES OF ANIMAL IMAGERY IN PSALMIC RHETORIC; ""NIGHT TO NIGHT, "" ""DEEP TO DEEP"": THE DISCOURSE OF CREATION IN THE PSALMS |
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TOPOI OFPRAISE IN THE CALL TO PRAISE PSALMS: TOWARD A THEOLOGY OF THE BOOK OF PSALMSPart II: CASE STUDIES IN THE RHETORIC OF THE PSALMS; ""YET THOU HAST MADE HIM LITTLE LESS THAN GOD"": READING PSALM 8 FROM A BODILY PERSPECTIVE; PSALM 33 AND THE CREATION RHETORIC OF A TORAH PSALM; PSALM 44:O GOD, WHY DO YOU HIDE YOUR FACE?; PSALM 88 AND THE RHETORIC OF LAMENT; PSALM 102: LAMENT AND THEOLOGY IN AN EXILIC SETTING; THE RHETORIC OF TWO NARRATIVE PSALMS 105 AND 106; WHY is PSALM 147 STILL ""CATCHY""?; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V |
| Summary |
This collection of essays advances psalms studies through a concerted focus on the persuasive aim of psalmic poetry, and it offers unique perspectives on rhetorical devices within the psalms. These essays include discussions not only of structure, literary devices, and rhetorical strategies, but the authors also dialogue with classical rhetoric, modern psalms research, and current trends in rhetoric and cognitive science. Part One discusses various theoretical issues. Several articles discuss lament within the psalms, including the function of appeals to pathos, lament''s compensation for mon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Psalms -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Psalms fast |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Foster, Robert Louis
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Howard, David M., Jr.
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| ISBN |
0567063674 |
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9780567063670 |
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1283192284 |
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9781283192286 |
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