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Authors: Craig C. Broyles
ISBN-13: 9781565632202, ISBN-10: 1565632206
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Incorporated
Date Published: December 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Craig C. Broyles

Book Synopsis

Craig Broyles examines the Psalms as a diverse collection of poems whose main roots are in Jerusalem's worship services. Both in the past and in the present, they provide dynamic liturgies though which the worshipper encounters God--often with vigorous dialogue--and finds meaning for life. Broyles makes the best of contemporary scholarship on the Psalms accessible to both general readers and serious students.

	List of illustrations
	Preface
	Abbreviations
Pt. I	Theory and practice	1
1	Translating and reading: preliminary comments	3
2	Which translation?	15
3	Readers and reading	33
4	The language of poetry	46
5	A framework for reading: I traditional moves	62
6	A framework for reading: II postmodern moves	77
Pt. II	Application: select psalms	101
7	Psalm 2	103
8	Psalm 8	118
9	Psalm 24	129
10	Psalm 74	142
11	Psalm 82	159
Pt. III	Yahweh comes home to Zion: the Psalms of Ascents (120-34)	173
12	The Psalms of Ascents as a unit	175
13	Psalms 120-34: preliminary exegesis	192
14	Psalms 120-34: a contextual overview	229
15	Home alone: structural and postmodern readings of Psalms 120-34	249
	Notes	259
	Bibliography	283
	General index	290
	Index of biblical citations	295