Full Description
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 The Structure of Psalms 93-100. 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.
Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Abstract
Chapter 1. The Return of the King
PART I - Background
Chapter 2. Editorial Criticism's Crisis of Credibility
Chapter 3. Picking up the Pieces: Best Practices in Editorial Criticism
Chapter 4. New Avenues: The Way Forward for Editorial Criticism
PART II - BOOK V In Perspective
Chapter 5. Research on Book V: The State of the Field
Chapter 6. Reading from the Beginning: The Book of Psalms as Book
PART III - Research Analysis
Chapter 7. Forever Faithful: Yahweh's Covenant Loyalty in Psalms 107-118
Chapter 8. Yahweh's Torah and the King: Royal Emphasis in Psalm 119
Chapter 9. Return to Zion: The Locus of Messianic Rule in Psalms 120-137
Chapter 10. The End Mirrors the Beginning: The Davidic Connection Between Books I-III and Psalms 138-145
Chapter 11. Coda: Psalms 146-150 as the Conclusion of the Psalter
PART IV - Conclusion
Chapter 12. Messianic Hope in Comparable Jewish Literature
Appendix 1
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