{"product_id":"psalms-and-the-use-of-the-critical-imagination-9780567706188","title":"Psalms and the Use of the Critical Imagination","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors provide fresh insight into the context surrounding the composition and reception of the Psalms, the relationships between the Psalms, and of early audiences who engaged with the material. Close attention is also paid to specific interpretative problems which emerge in the Psalms, both linguistic and theological. Consequently, there is the creation of a more sophisticated historical reconstruction of how the Psalms were used originally and in subsequent periods, opening up challenges and possibilities for scholars through emphasizing the need in critical Psalms scholarship for vitality and imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a fine collection of papers which demonstrates the fruitfulness of Gillingham’s work, and which is a fitting tribute to an important scholar. * The Society for Old Testament Study Book List *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction \u003cb\u003eI. WRITING AND READING THE PSALMS\u003c\/b\u003e 1. Psalm 2:11–12 Reconsidered - \u003ci\u003eH. G. M. Williamson, Christchurch, University of Oxford, UK\u003c\/i\u003e 2. The Two ‘Solomon’ Psalms: Psalm 72 and 127 in the Light of the Solomonic Attribution - \u003ci\u003eKatharine J Dell, University of Cambridge, UK\u003c\/i\u003e 3. “Revisiting the Curious Title of Psalm 60” - \u003ci\u003eStefan Attard, University of Malta, Republic of Malta\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eII. PERFORMING THE PSALMS\u003c\/b\u003e 4. The Psalms as Used in Handel’s Israelite Oratorios - \u003ci\u003eDeborah Rooke, University of Oxford, UK\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Psalms and Performance: The Interrelation of Rehearsed and Literary Old Testament Prayers - \u003ci\u003eErhard S. Gerstenberger, University of Marburg, Germany\u003c\/i\u003e 6. The Masoretic Reading Tradition as Reception History - \u003ci\u003eDaniel J. Crowther, University of Oxford, UK\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eIII. IMAGINING THE PSALMS\u003c\/b\u003e 7. Imagining Prayer: Deepening Awareness of Audiences in the Psalms - \u003ci\u003eMegan Daffern, University of Cambridge, UK\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Reading the Bible in the Public Square: Ancient and Contemporary Social Imaginaries in Dialogue - \u003ci\u003eMarcel V. Macelaru, Institute for Faith and Human Flourishing, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Literal and Allegorical Readings of the Psalms: Imagining the Psalmist - \u003ci\u003eJohn Barton, University of Oxford, UK\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Visualising Psalm 23 - \u003ci\u003eNatasha O’Hear, University of St Andrews, UK\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Three Renditions of the Three Breaths in Psalm 39\" - \u003ci\u003eJohn Jarick, Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, UK\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Natural Theology? Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Psalms -\u003ci\u003e Peter Groves, Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eBibliography\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52083981844823,"sku":"9780567706188","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780567706188.jpg?v=1762204603","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/psalms-and-the-use-of-the-critical-imagination-9780567706188","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}