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Psalms (Paperback)
Alastair G. Hunter
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R1,243
Discovery Miles 12 430
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Psalms examines the nature of the Psalms as a text in English, dealing specifically with the problem of translation and various aspects of the 'techniques' on reading, with relation to traditional approaches within Biblical studies and contemporary literary theory. Alastair Hunter also outlines a programmatic approach to reading and applies it to a selection of individual Psalms.
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Psalms (Hardcover)
Alastair G. Hunter
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R4,156
Discovery Miles 41 560
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Psalms examines the nature of the Psalms as a text in English, dealing specifically with the problem of translation and various aspects of the 'techniques' on reading, with relation to traditional approaches within Biblical studies and contemporary literary theory. Alastair Hunter also outlines a programmatic approach to reading and applies it to a selection of individual Psalms.
This study is designed as a commentary with a difference, where the
reading of the prophet's travails is explored in the context of two
wider themes: (1) the overt and highly sophisticated intertwining
of Jonah's story with an impressively wide range of other biblical
texts, often deployed in surprising ways; and (2) the clearly
contrarian relationship between God and Jonah which has both vexed
and intrigued scholars and lay readers alike for millennia.
Underpinning this reading is a twofold thesis: firstly, an argument
that many of the puzzles inherent in the book of Jonah can be
illuminated in the light of the idea that Nineveh was from the
beginning a cipher for the Jerusalem of the author's time; and
secondly, that this would have been evident to Jonah's first
readers: the class of elite literati amongst the ruling cadre of
late Persian or early Hellenistic Judaea.
This study is designed as a commentary with a difference, where the
reading of the prophet’s travails is explored in the context of
two wider themes: (1) the overt and highly sophisticated
intertwining of Jonah’s story with an impressively wide range of
other biblical texts, often deployed in surprising ways; and (2)
the clearly contrarian relationship between God and Jonah which has
both vexed and intrigued scholars and lay readers alike for
millennia. Underpinning this reading is a twofold thesis: firstly,
an argument that many of the puzzles inherent in the book of Jonah
can be illuminated in the light of the idea that Nineveh was from
the beginning a cipher for the Jerusalem of the author’s time;
and secondly, that this would have been evident to Jonah’s first
readers: the class of elite literati amongst the ruling cadre of
late Persian or early Hellenistic Judaea.
This accessible introduction to the Psalms introduces readers to
some of the key issues arising from different approaches to the
biblical text. Alastair G. Hunter examines how current methods of
interpretation - historical/cultural, literary, liturgical and
theological - differ and complement each other. Hunter provides an
overview of contemporary scholarship (including the significance of
the Dead Sea Scrolls Psalms) and examines some of the key texts and
commentaries in use today. The book offers a way in to more
detailed and more advanced Psalms study, and includes particular
emphasis on literary and liturgical matters, which are often left
out of traditional commentaries. Hunter seeks to do two things: to
understand the psalms in themselves as deliberately arranged
poetical and liturgical compositions; and to explore their literary
and theological significance for contemporary readers. He considers
the increasing body of work relating to groups of psalms, and
reviews the results to date of that approach, which helps the
reader to see the psalms as a more coherent collection of texts,
and has implications for their exegesis and interpretation.
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