The Formation of the 'Book' of Psalms: Reconsidering the Transmission and Canonization of Psalmody in Light of Material Culture and the Poetics of Ant

by David Willgren

In this study, David Willgren attempts to provide answers to two fundamental questions in relation to the formation of the Book' of Psalms: "how?" and "why?". The first relates to the diachronic growth of the collection (how are these processes to be reconstructed, and on what grounds?), while the second relates to questions of purpose (to what end are psalms being juxtaposed in a collection?). By conceptualizing the Book' of Psalms as an anthology,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 316154787X
• ISBN13: 9783161547874
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 491 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.