Psalms Volume 1: 1-50

by Briggs, Charles A.; Briggs, Emilie

• ISBN13: 9780567050113
• ISBN10: 0567050114
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-21
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction to the Book of Psalms	xix
The Names of the Book of Psalms	xix
A. The Text
The Text of Hebrew Mss	xxii
The Massora	xxiii
Printed Editions	xxiv
The Septuagint	xxv
Other Greek Versions	xxix
The Syriac Peshitto	xxx
Version of Jerome	xxxi
The Targum	xxxii
The Original Text	xxxiii
Psalms with Double Texts	xxxiv
Poetry of the Psalter	xxxiv
Psalms Divided	xlviii
Psalms Composite	xlix
Textual Glosses	xlix
Textual Errors	li
Editorial Glosses	lii
B. Higher Criticism
Ancient Jewish Opinions of the Psalms	liv
References in the New Testament	lv
Traditions in the Church	lvi
Opinions of Times of the Reformation	lvi
Modern Critical Theories	lvii
Higher Criticism of the Psalms	lvii
Ancient Songs	lix
The Miktamim	lx
The Maskilim	lxi
Psalter of David	lxii
Psalter of the Korahites	lxv
Psalter of Asaph	lxvi
Pseudonyms	lxvii
The Mizmorim	lxviii
Psalter of the Elohist	lxix
Psalter of the Director	lxxii
Musical Directions	lxxv
The Hallels	lxxviii
The Pilgrim Psalter	lxxix
Orphan Psalms	lxxx
The Final Psalter	lxxxi
Liturgical Assignments	lxxxii
Doxologies	lxxxiii
Selah	lxxxiv
Numbering of Psalms and Books	lxxxviii
Evolution of the Psalter	lxxxix
C. Canonicity
Canonical Recognition of the Psalter	xciii
Religious Contents of the Psalter	xciv
Objections to Canonicity Answered	xcvii
D. Interpretation
Of Jesus and His Apostles	ci
Of the Catholic and Greek Fathers	cii
Of the Latin Fathers	civ
Of the Middle Ages	cv
Of Mediaeval Jewish Scholars	cv
Of the Period of the Reformation	cvi
Of the Seventeenth Century	cvii
Of the Eighteenth Century	cvii
Of the Nineteenth Century	cviii
English Versions	cix
Commentary. Pss. I--L	1