Song, Prayer, Scripture: Aspects of the Reception of the Book of Psalms from the Hebrew Bible to the 21st Century (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0567711838 ISBN 13: 9780567711830

Publisher: T&T Clark, 2025

Synopsis

Experts from the field of biblical studies shed light on the many ways in which the Psalter psalms have been used through the ages.

The focus across the volume is on the role that these psalms play in scribal, liturgical, didactic, iconographic, and literary contexts. The book is structured in four parts, covering different styles/uses of the Psalms.

In part I (song) the focus in on psalms as songs, and how their uses in different performative settings have generated new interpretations. In part II (prayer) the focus is on the liturgical uses of psalms, not only how they can be used as prayers in various communities of faith but also on how they may not be used. In part III (scripture: interpretation) the focus in on the reception of several individual psalms in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. Finally, in part IV (scripture: manuscripts) the focus is on scribal activity: transmission, translation, and illumination.

About this title

About the Authors

David Davage is Reader in Old Testament Exegesis at Örebro School of Theology, Sweden.

Laura Quick is Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Princeton University, USA.

Dr Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer is aProfessor in Old Testament Exegesis, Örebro School of Theology, Sweden.

Jacqueline Vayntrub is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567711838
• ISBN 13: 9780567711830
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Davage David, Tiemeyer Lena-Sofia