The Return of the King: Messianic Expectation in Book V of the Psalter (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Michael K. Snearly

ISBN 10: 0567683958 / ISBN 13: 9780567683953

Published by T&T Clark 2018-08-23, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Return of the King: Messianic Expectation in Book V of the Psalter (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
• Publisher: T&T Clark 2018-08-23
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567683958
• ISBN 13: 9780567683953
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The clear structure of psalm groups in Psalms 107-150 can be interpreted as signaling a renewed hope in the royal/Davidic promises. Each psalm group of Book V is organized around a theme or key word that is related to the royal/Davidic hope in the earlier sections of the Psalter: Psalms 107-118; Psalm 119; Psalms 120-137; Psalms 138-145; Psalms 146-150. These words and themes figure prominently at the major seam psalms of the Psalter – Psalms 1-2 and 89. Thus, the content and subject matter at the end of the Psalter is integrally related to the content and subject matter at the beginning.

The editorial-critical method used by Snearly is an extension of the method used by David M. Howard, Jr. in The Structure of Psalms 93-100. Snearly also draws from recent insights in the fields of poetics and text-linguistics in order to establish a linguistically based foundation for reading the Psalter as a unified text. The methodology emphasizes parallel features, with special focus on key-word links. This method advances editorial criticism by not only discerning links within a group but also showing that those links do not occur with the same frequency outside of the group.

About the Authors

Michael Snearly (PhD, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, USA) is Pastor at Red Hill Church, San Anselmo in California, USA.

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

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