Psalms Through the Centuries

Informationen zum Autor Susan Gillingham is Fellow and Tutor in Theology at Worcester College and is Reader in the Old Testament at the University of Oxford. She has written various books and articles on the Psalms and Biblical Interpretation, including The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible (1994), One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies (1998) and The Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study (2002). Klappentext This is the first of a two-volume bible commentary covering the Psalms and examining the role of these biblical poems throughout Jewish and Christian history.* Provides a fascinating introduction to the literary, historical, and theological background of psalmody* Examines the psalms through liturgy and prayer, study and preaching, translation and imitation, and musical composition and artistic illustration* Includes illustrations of significant psalms, helpful maps, and an extensive bibliography; an expanded bibliography to accompany the book is also available at www.wiley.com/go/gillingham* A forthcoming second volume is planned, which will take an alternative psalm-by-psalm approach* Now available in paperback, and published in the innovative reception-history series, Blackwell Bible Commentaries Zusammenfassung This is the first of a two-volume Bible commentary covering the Psalms and examining the role of these biblical poems throughout Jewish and Christian history. Volume One provides a fascinating introduction to the literary, historical, and theological background of psalmody. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ixSeries Editors' Preface xiPreface xiiiWorks Cited xvIntroduction: Towards a Reception-History Commentary on the Psalms 11 The Eleventh Century BCE to the Fifth Century CE: Translation, Exposition, Instruction, Liturgy and the Prophetic Bias 5Jewish Reception 5From Composition to Compilation to Translation 5Exposition: The Prophetic Bias 9Instruction through Imitations of Psalms 11Christian Reception 13The Psalms as Prophecies in the New Testament 14The Psalms as Prophecies in the Church Fathers 24Alexandrian Commentators 28Liturgical Adaptations of the Psalms 40Christian Liturgy 40Jewish Liturgy 43Concluding Observations 462 The Fifth to Eleventh Centuries: Liturgy, Exposition, Artistic Representation 47Christian Reception 47Liturgy 47Exposition, Homily, Translation 55Artistic Representation 62Jewish Reception 68Liturgy 68Translation, Exposition, Homily 71Artistic Representation 75Concluding Observations 753 The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries: Learning and Discerning 77Jewish and Christian Controversies through Exegetical Works 77Preliminary Considerations 77Jewish Commentators 82Christian Commentators 87Christian and Jewish Artists 95Christian Illumination 95Jewish Illumination 104Christian and Jewish Didactic Works 113Christian Writers 113Jewish Writers 117Christian and Jewish Liturgy 120Christian Adaptations 120Jewish Adaptations 123Translation in Christian Tradition 123Concluding Observations 1304 The Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries: Democratization and Dissemination 131Reception as Translation: Christian Responses 131Commentary, Liturgy, Homily and Translation on the Continent 131Liturgy, Homily and Translation in England and Scotland 146Reception as Aesthetic Representation: Jewish and Christian Responses 163Jewish Reception through Art and Music 163Christian Reception through Art, Literary Imitation and Music 166Concluding Observations 1905 The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Secularization and Revitalization 192Christian Responses 194Exegetical Works 194Devotional Works 203Musical Reception 220Reception through Liturgy 228Translations of Psalmody 230Jewish Responses 234Reception as Translation and Liturgy 234Reception as Homily and Exegesis 237Aesthet...

Autorentext
Susan Gillingham is Fellow and Tutor in Theology at Worcester College and is Reader in the Old Testament at the University of Oxford. She has written various books and articles on the Psalms and Biblical Interpretation, including The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible (1994), One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies (1998) and The Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study (2002).

Klappentext
This is the first of a two-volume bible commentary covering the Psalms and examining the role of these biblical poems throughout Jewish and Christian history. * Provides a fascinating introduction to the literary, historical, and theological background of psalmody * Examines the psalms through liturgy and prayer, study and preaching, translation and imitation, and musical composition and artistic illustration * Includes illustrations of significant psalms, helpful maps, and an extensive bibliography; an expanded bibliography to accompany the book is also available at www.wiley.com/go/gillingham * A forthcoming second volume is planned, which will take an alternative psalm-by-psalm approach * Now available in paperback, and published in the innovative reception-history series, Blackwell Bible Commentaries

Zusammenfassung
This is the first of a two-volume Bible commentary covering the Psalms and examining the role of these biblical poems throughout Jewish and Christian history. Volume One provides a fascinating introduction to the literary, historical, and theological background of psalmody.

Inhalt
List of Illustrations ix Series Editors' Preface xi Preface xiii Works Cited xv Introduction: Towards a Reception-History Commentary on the Psalms 1 1 The Eleventh Century BCE to the Fifth Century CE: Translation, Exposition, Instruction, Liturgy and the Prophetic Bias 5 Jewish Reception 5 From Composition to Compilation to Translation 5 Exposition: The Prophetic Bias 9 Instruction through Imitations of Psalms 11 Christian Reception 13 The Psalms as Prophecies in the New Testament 14 The Psalms as Prophecies in the Church Fathers 24 Alexandrian Commentators 28 Liturgical Adaptations of the Psalms 40 Christian Liturgy 40 Jewish Liturgy 43 Concluding Observations 46 2 The Fifth to Eleventh Centuries: Liturgy, Exposition, Artistic Representation 47 Christian Reception 47 Liturgy 47 Exposition, Homily, Translation 55 Artistic Representation 62 Jewish Reception 68 Liturgy 68 Translation, Exposition, Homily 71 Artistic Representation 75 Concluding Observations 75 3 The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries: Learning and Discerning 77 Jewish and Christian Controversies through Exegetical Works 77 Preliminary Considerations 77 Jewish Commentators 82 Christian Commentators 87 Christian and Jewish Artists 95 Christian Illumination 95 Jewish Illumination 104 Christian and Jewish Didactic Works 113 Christian Writers 113 Jewish Writers 117 Christian and Jewish Liturgy 120 Christian Adaptations 120 Jewish Adaptations 123 Translation in Christian Tradition 123 Concluding Observations 130 4 The Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries: Democratization and Dissemination 131 Reception as Translation: Christian Responses 131 Commentary, Liturgy, Homily and Translation on the Continent 131 Liturgy, Homily and Translation in England and Scotland 146 Reception as Aesthetic Representation: Jewish and Christian Responses 163 Jewish Reception through Art and Music 163 Christian Reception through Art, Literary Imitation and Music 166 Concluding Observations 190 5 The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Secularization and Revitalization 192 Christian Responses 194 Exegetical Works 194 Devotional Works 203 Musical Reception 220 Reception through Liturgy 228 Translations of Psalmody 230 Jewish Responses 234 Reception as Translation and Liturgy 234 Reception as Homily and Exegesis 237 Aesthetic Responses 239 Concluding Observations 240 6 The Twentieth to Twenty-First Centuries: Pluralism and Ecumenism 242 Christian and Jewish Translations of Psalmody 246 Liturgy and Psalmody in Christian a…

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