Psalms and Prayers

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• Publisher: BRILL
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Series: Oudtestamentische Studien
• Edition: illustrated edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Psalms are to be seen as prayers, it is as testimonies of faith and despair. By applying a multi-dimensional matrix of methods the authors of these essays open perspectives on new insights in these ancient hymns.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
......Page 6
Introduction (Eric Peels)......Page 8
Psalms and Prayers in the Book of Chronicles (Pancratius C. Beentjes)......Page 16
"Our Father . . .": An Inherited Title and its Presence (or Absence) in the Psalms? (Adrian H.W. Curtis)......Page 52
The Ark and the Cherubim in the Psalms (John Day)......Page 72
The Hodayot's Use of the Psalter: Text-critical Contributions (Book 1) (John Elwolde)......Page 86
Psalm 103: Design, Boundaries, and Mergers (Jan Fokkelman)......Page 116
Are Idols Hiding in Psalm 139:20? (Jan Holman)......Page 126
Inside Outside Psalm 55: How Jonah Grew out of a Psalmist's Conceit (Alastair G. Hunter)......Page 136
The Demarcation of Hymns and Prayers in the Prophets (2) (Marjo C.A. Korpel)......Page 148
Psalm 69: The Petitioner's Understanding of Himself, His God, and His Enemies (Christiane de Vos and Gert Kwakkel)......Page 166
Argumenta ad Deum in the Plague Prayers of Mursili II and in the Book of Psalms (Paul Sanders)......Page 188
The Discourse of Praying: Reading Nehemiah 1 (Eep Talstra)......Page 226
Sing to the Lord a New Song (Roger Tomes)......Page 244
The Prayer of Isaiah and the Sundial of Ahaz (2 Kgs 20:11) (Jaap van Dorp)......Page 260
King and Community: Joining with David in Prayer (Howard N. Wallace)......Page 274
Prayer and Practice in the Psalms (Gordon Wenham)......Page 286
Index of Textual References......Page 304
Index of Authors......Page 311