| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 199 pages) |
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 467 |
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies |
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 467.
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
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| Contents |
"The altar of certitude" : reflections on "setting" and rhetorical interpretation of the Psalms / Rolf Jacobson -- Persuading the one and only God to intervene / Dale Patrick and Kenneth Diable -- Rapid change of mood : oracles of salvation, certainty of a hearing, or rhetorical play? / LeAnn Snow Flesher -- Growling dogs and thirsty deer : uses of animal imagery in psalmic rhetoric / J. Kenneth Kuntz -- "Night to night," "deep to deep" : the discourse of creation in the Psalms / William P. Brown -- Topoi of praise in the call to praise psalms : toward a theology of the Book of Psalms / Robert L. Foster -- "Yet thou hast made him little less than God" : reading Psalm 8 from a bodily perspective / Johan H. Coetzee -- Psalm 33 and the creation rhetoric of a Torah psalm / Diane Jacobson -- Psalm 44 : O God, why do you hide your face? / Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford -- Psalm 88 and the rhetoric of lament / David M. Howard, Jr. -- Psalm 102 : lament and theology in an exilic setting / W.H. Bellinger, Jr. -- The rhetoric of two narrative psalms 105 and 106 / Thomas H. Olbricht -- Why is Psalm 147 still "catchy"? / H. Viviers |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
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| SUBJECT |
Bible. Psalms -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Psalms fast |
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Bibel Psalmen gnd |
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Rhetoric in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Wisdom Literature.
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Rhetoric in the Bible
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Rhetorik
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Sprachanalyse
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Foster, Robert L. (Robert Louis)
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Howard, David M., Jr.
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| LC no. |
2007018550 |
| ISBN |
9780567063670 |
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0567063674 |
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1283192284 |
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9781283192286 |
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9786613192288 |
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6613192287 |
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