An Introduction to Wisdom Literature and the Psalms

by Tate, Marvin E.; Ballard, Harold Wayne; Tucker, W. Dennis

• ISBN13: 9780865546523
• ISBN10: 0865546525
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Summary

Introduction to Wisdom Literature and the Psalms offers a unique approach to studying this material in the classroom. This book is a collection of essays that explore themes and background issues intended for the student of the Old Testament. Divided into two sections on the Psalms and Wisdom Literature, each section offers an in-depth essay on history of interpretation, forms of poetry, the text's relationship to the ancient Near East, the canonical shape of the material, the theology of the texts, and contemporary issues currently under scholarly investigation.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Editors' Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xii
Introduction
Introduction to the Psalms and Wisdom Literature	1	(10)
H. Wayne Ballard, Jr.
A Biographical Sketch of Marvin E. Tate	11	(10)
Robert C. Dunston
The Psalms
A History of the Use and Interpretation of the Psalms	21	(16)
John D. W. Watts
From Psalm to Psalms to Psalter	37	(18)
James D. Nogalski
The Poetry and Literature of the Psalms	55	(12)
Daniel Mynatt
The Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Book of Psalms	67	(26)
Joel F. Drinkard, Jr.
The Canonical Shape of the Psalms	93	(18)
Nancy L. deClaisse-Walford
Portraits of Faith: The Scope of Theology in the Psalms	111	(18)
William H. Bellinger, Jr.
The Wisdom Literature
An Introduction to the History of Interpretation	129	(26)
M. Pierce Matheney, Jr.
Literary Forms in the Wisdom Literature	155	(12)
W. Dennis Tucker, Jr.
Biblical Wisdom in Its Ancient Middle Eastern Context	167	(14)
Thomas Smothers
The Canonical Shape of the Wisdom Literature	181	(14)
Gerald Keown
The Scope of Theology in Wisdom Literature	195	(20)
Carol Stuart Grizzard
Unresolved Issues in Wisdom Literature	215	(14)
James L. Crenshaw
Contributors	228	(1)
Indexes	229	(11)
Scripture References	229	(11)
Old Testament	229	(9)
New Testament	238	(1)
Deuterocanonicals	238	(2)
Names and Subjects	240