The Message of the Psalter: An Eschatological Programme in the Book of Psalms (Jsot Supplement Series, 252) - Hardcover

Mitchell, David C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1850756899 ISBN 13: 9781850756897

Publisher: UNKNO

Synopsis

This intriguing work argues that the book of Psalms has been redacted to reflect a programme of eschatological events like that of Zechariah 9-14. These events include the ingathering of exiled Israel by a bridegroom-king; his establishment of a kingdom, followed by his violent death; the scattering of Israel in the wilderness, and their subsequent regathering and further imperilment; their rescue by a king from the sky, who establishes his kingdom from Zion, brings peace and prosperity to the earth and receives the homage of the nations. There is an appendix of apocalyptic midrashim, translated into English for the first time.

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About the Author

David Mitchell is a biblical scholar, musicologist, and musical director. Originally from Scotland, he now lives in Brussels where he is Precentor and Director of Music in Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral.
His writings centre around the mysterious Book of Psalms. The Message of the Psalter (1997) proposes that the Book of Psalms is redacted to reflect an eschatological timetable similar to Zechariah 9-14. The Songs of Ascents: Psalms 120-134 in the Worship of the Jerusalem Temple (2015) traces the Songs of Ascents as liturgy from the day of their first performance on 15 Ethanim 959 BC to the last days of the second temple, and provides a reconstruction of their original music, based on the Masoretic cantillation. Messiah ben Joseph (2016) is the first ever full-length study of the slain messiah of rabbinic Judaism, a figure which first appears in the Pentateuch and in the Psalms.
For more information on Mitchell's work, go to www.brightmorningstar.org.

Review

“Mitchell’s book is a major contribution in this modern quest for a planned Psalter..." -- Heythrop Journal 43.1 (January 2002)

Edition details

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1850756899
• ISBN 13: 9781850756897
• Binding: Hardcover