Reading the Psalms as a Book

di R. Norman Whybray (Autore)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1996

This book discusses the theory that the Psalter was compiled with the specific intention that it should be used as a book for private spiritual reading. It is argued that if this were so, the work of the final editors would not have been confined to arranging the psalms in a particular order but would have included additions and interpolations intended to give the whole book a new orientation. An investigation of selected psalms shows that although the Psalter may have become a book for private devotion not long after its compilation, there is little evidence that it was compiled for that purpose.

• Autore: R. Norman Whybray
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Collana: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Anno: 1996
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 137 p.
• Peso: 336 gr.
• EAN: 9781850757979

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