The Psalms Through Three Thousand Years

by Holladay, William L.

• ISBN13: 9780800627522
• ISBN10: 0800627520
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-06-01
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vii
Introduction	1	(5)
The Lord Is My Shepherd, Then and Now	6	(11)
Part One The Psalms Take Shape---A Reconstruction
In the Beginning: Psalms Sung in David's Day	17	(9)
Psalms from the North	26	(11)
Psalms for the Temple of Solomon	37	(17)
Hymns for the Second Temple	54	(13)
Steps toward the Status of Scripture: The Psalms Are Collected, Annotated, and Translated	67	(28)
Part Two The Psalter Through History
Psalms at the Dead Sea	95	(18)
Texts for the First Christians: The Psalms in the New Testament	113	(21)
The Psalms for Jews, from the First Century of the Common Era	134	(27)
The Psalms for Christians: In the West until the Reformation, and in the East	161	(30)
The Psalms for Reformation Protestants	191	(27)
The Psalms in the Roman Catholic Church from the Council of Trent until the Second Vatican Council	218	(20)
The Psalms across Space and Time: The Nineteenth Century	238	(27)
The Psalms in the Churches Today: Protestants and Roman Catholics	265	(22)
Part Three Current Theological Issues
Toughening Texts: Lament, Recovery, and Praise	287	(17)
Censored Texts	304	(12)
What Makes a Translation?	316	(14)
Psalms for Whom?	330	(15)
Through Jesus Christ Our Lord	345	(14)
Epilogue: How the Twenty-third Psalm Became an American Secular Icon	359	(13)
Appendixes	372	(6)
Indexes	378	(10)
Index of Scripture and Other Early Writings	379	(12)
Index of Authors and Historical Persons	391