Psalms Through the Centuries, Volume 2 - A Reception History Commentary on Psalms 1 - 72

Psalms Through the Centuries: Volume Two provides the first ever extensive commentary on the Jewish and Christian reception history of the first two books of the Psalter (Psalms 1-41 and 42-72). It explores the various uses of the Psalms, over two millennia, in translation and commentary, liturgy and prayer, study and preaching, musical composition and artistic illustration, poetic and dramatic imitation, and contemporary discourse.
 
With lavish illustrations, using examples from both music and art, Psalms Through the Centuries: Volume Two offers a detailed commentary on each psalm, with an extensive bibliography, a large glossary of terms, and helpful indices. It is an ideal resource both for students and scholars in the academy and for lay people and ministers in church and synagogue.
 
Psalms Through the Centuries is published within the Wiley Blackwell Commentary series. Further information about this innovative reception history series is available at www.bbibcomm.info

List of contents

Illustrations xiii
 
Preface xvii
 
Abbreviations xxi
 
Introduction: How is a Reception History Commentary a Different Genre? 1
 
Book One: Psalms 1-41
 
Davidic Piety and the Conflict of Faith and Experience 9
 
Psalms 1 and 2: The Prologue to the Psalter 11
 
Psalm 1: Who is the 'Blessed Man'? 13
 
Psalm 2: Who is 'My Son'? 25
 
Psalms 3-41: The First Davidic Psalter 44
 
Psalms 3-14: Praying by Night and Day 46
 
Psalm 3: A 'Morning Psalm' 47
 
Psalm 4: An 'Evening Psalm' 53
 
Psalm 5: A 'Morning Psalm' 58
 
Psalm 6: An 'Evening Psalm' of Penitence 61
 
Psalm 7: A 'Morning Psalm' 68
 
Psalm 8: An 'Evening Hymn of Praise' 72
 
Psalms 9 and 10: An Acrostic Psalm 83
 
Psalm 11: The 'All-Seeing God' 89
 
Psalm 12: 'Flattering Lips' 91
 
Psalm 13: The Fear of Death 95
 
Psalm 14: The Fool says 'There is no God' 98
 
Psalms 15-24: Bringing Prayer to the Temple 101
 
Psalm 15: An Entrance Liturgy 102
 
Psalm 16: Confident Trust in God 105
 
Psalm 17: Lament for Deliverance 111
 
Psalm 18: Thanksgiving for Victory 116
 
Psalm 19: A Hymn of Praise 122
 
Psalm 20: Thanksgiving for Victory 129
 
Psalm 21: Thanksgiving for Victory 133
 
Psalm 22: Lament for Deliverance 136
 
Psalm 23: Confident Trust in God 144
 
Psalm 24: An Entrance Liturgy 153
 
Psalms 25-34: Prayers and Thanks for Deliverance 163
 
Psalm 25: An Acrostic Concerning the Poor 164
 
Psalm 26: A Protest of Integrity 167
 
Psalm 27: Confidence and Complaint 170
 
Psalm 28: Lament and Thanksgiving 177
 
Psalm 29: A Hymn of Praise 180
 
Psalm 30: Thanksgiving for Healing 186
 
Psalm 31: Confidence through Fear 190
 
Psalm 32: Confession and Healing 195
 
Psalm 33: A Hymn of Praise 201
 
Psalm 34: An Acrostic concerning the Poor 205
 
Psalms 35-41: Poverty, Sickness and Trust in God 213
 
Psalm 35: Friends and Enemies 214
 
Psalm 36: The Plight of the Poor 218
 
Psalm 37: The Poor and the Land 221
 
Psalm 38: Penitence and Sickness 231
 
Psalm 39: Penitence and Human Transience 237
 
Psalm 40: Thanksgiving and Sacrifice 242
 
Psalm 41: Friends and Enemies 248
 
Book Two: Psalms 42-72
 
David and the Temple: Nostalgia and Hope 255
 
Psalms 42-49: Exile, Temple and King 257
 
Psalms 42-43: Longing for the Temple 258
 
Psalm 44: Praying for National Deliverance 263
 
Psalm 45: A Wedding Song for the King 267
 
Psalm 46: God is King in Zion 276
 
Psalm 47: God is King 284
 
Psalm 48: God is King in Zion 288
 
Psalm 49: A Psalm of Complaint and Instruction 292
 
Psalm 50: An Asaphite Psalm about Repentance and Sacrifice 297
 
Psalms 51-72: The Second Davidic Psalter 302
 
Psalm 51: 'The Psalm of Psalms' 304
 
Psalms 52-55: Learning from the Life of David 317
 
Psalm 52: For Instruction on the 'Deceitful Tongue' 317
 
Psalm 53: For Instruction on the 'Fool' 320
 
Psalm 54: For Instruction on Persecution 323
 
Psalm 55: Instruction on Betrayal 324
 
Psalms 56-60: Reflecting on the Life of David 330
 
Psalm 56: Reflections on Persecution 330
 
Psalm 57: Reflections on Violence 333
 
Psalm 58: Reflections on Confronting Evil 335
 
Psalm 59: Reflections on Enemy Aggression 338
 
Psalm 60: Reflections in Times of War 340
 
Psalms 61-64: Hymnic Reflections on God's

About the author

Susan Gillingham is Emeritus Professor of the Hebrew Bible at the University of Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford. She is a Permanent Deacon in the Anglican Church and serves at St. Barnabas Church and Worcester College Chapel, Oxford. She was appointed as Canon Theologian for the Cathedral Church of St Peter in Exeter in 2018. She has written some fifty articles and eight books, mostly on the Psalms and Biblical Interpretation. These include the companion publication, Psalms Through the Centuries: Volume One (Wiley Blackwell, 2008), which is a cultural and reception history introduction to the entire Psalter; The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible (1994); One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies (1998); The Image, the Depths and the Surface (2002); and A Journey of Two Psalms: The Reception of Psalms 1&2 in Jewish and Christian Tradition (2013).

Summary

Psalms Through the Centuries: Volume Two provides the first ever extensive commentary on the Jewish and Christian reception history of the first two books of the Psalter (Psalms 1-41 and 42-72). It explores the various uses of the Psalms, over two millennia, in translation and commentary, liturgy and prayer, study and preaching, musical composition and artistic illustration, poetic and dramatic imitation, and contemporary discourse.

With lavish illustrations, using examples from both music and art, Psalms Through the Centuries: Volume Two offers a detailed commentary on each psalm, with an extensive bibliography, a large glossary of terms, and helpful indices. It is an ideal resource both for students and scholars in the academy and for lay people and ministers in church and synagogue.

Psalms Through the Centuries is published within the Wiley Blackwell Commentary series. Further information about this innovative reception history series is available at www.bbibcomm.info

Product details

• Authors: S Gillingham, Susan Gillingham, Susan (Worcester College Gillingham, Gillingham Susan
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781119480181
• ISBN: 978-1-119-48018-1
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries; Wiley Blackwell Bible Commenta; Blackwell Bible Commentaries
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Literaturwissenschaft, Religion, Literaturkritik, Bibelstudium, Literature, Psalmen, Biblical Studies, Literaturkritik u. -geschichte, Literary Criticism & History, Religion & Theology, Religion u. Theologie, Religion u. Kultur, Religion & Culture, Bibelstudien