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Reading the Psalms as a book /
This book discusses the theory that the Psalter was compiled with the specific intention that it should be used as a book for private spiritual reading. It is argued that if this were so, the work of the final editors would not have been confined to arranging the psalms in a particular order but wou...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield, England :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©1996.
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| Colección: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
222. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book discusses the theory that the Psalter was compiled with the specific intention that it should be used as a book for private spiritual reading. It is argued that if this were so, the work of the final editors would not have been confined to arranging the psalms in a particular order but would have included additions and interpolations intended to give the whole book a new orientation. An investigation of selected psalms shows that although the Psalter may have become a book for private devotion not long after its compilation, there is little evidence that it was compiled for that purp. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (137 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128)-and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567125545 0567125548 |
| Acceso: | Legal Deposit; |