Four approaches to the Book of Psalms : from Saadiah Gaon to Abraham Ibn Ezra /
Annotation
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Hebrew |
Publicado: |
Albany :
State University of New York Press,
1991.
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Colección: | SUNY series in Judaica.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Matter
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- Content
- Saadiah Gaon: The Book of Psalms as a Second Pentateuch
- I. The Rhetorical Thesis: Commandment and admonition phrased as prayer and petition
- II. The Polemical Motive: An attack on the Karaite order of prayer and support for the Rabbanite prayerbook
- III. The Ritual Thesis: The five-fold condition
- IV. The Exegetical Application: Radical reinterpretation
- V. Polemic and Truth: To what extent is Saadiah's approach to Psalms anchored in his thought?
- Notes to Chapter 1.
- The Karaite Approach: The Psalms as Mandatory Prophetic Prayers
- I. SaLmon ben Yeruham: The PsaLms as prophetic prayer for aLL ages: Monarchy, Exile, and Redemption
- II. Yefet ben cAli: The Psalms as prophetic prayers, perfect in form and content
- Notes to Chapter Two
- Moses Ibn Giqatilah: The Psalms as Non-prophetic Prayers and Poems
- Notes to Chapter Three
- Abraham Ibn Ezra: The Psalms as Prophetic and Sacred Poet
- I. Abraham Ibn Ezra's two commentaries on Psalm
- II. Echoes of Ibn Ezra's predecessors in his commentaries on Psalms.
- III. The prologue to the First Introduction: The musical and thematic superiority of the Psalms as divine songs
- IV. The First Inquiry: Who wrote the Psalms?
- V. The Second Inquiry: Who edited the Book of Psalms?
- VI. The Third Inquiry: Are the Psalms prayers or prophecies?
- VII. The Fourth Inquiry: Editorial matters-the order ofthe psalms and the terms used in their headings
- Notes to Chapter Four
- Back Matter
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- APPENDIX
- Ibn Ezra's Introduction and Commentary on Psalms 1 -2: The ""First Recension""
- Notes to Commentary on Psalms 1 and 2
- Index of Citations.
- Index
- Back Cover.