The Return of the King - Messianic Expectation in Book V of the Psalter

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 . 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 author

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

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• Authors: Dr Michael K. (Golden Gate Baptist Theolo Snearly, Dr Michael K. (Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary Snearly, Michael K Snearly, Michael K. Snearly, Michael K. (Golden Gate Baptist Theologic Snearly, Michael K. (Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary Snearly
• Assisted by: Claudia V. Camp (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2015
• EAN: 9780567664334
• ISBN: 978-0-567-66433-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; Criminal Practice Series; The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity