Overview
This is the first of a two-volume bible commentary covering the Psalms and examining the role of these biblical poems throughout Jewish and Christian history. Provides a fascinating introduction to the literary, historical, and theological background of psalmody Examines the psalms through liturgy and prayer, study and preaching, translation and imitation, and musical composition and artistic illustration Includes illustrations of significant psalms, helpful maps, and an extensive bibliography; an expanded bibliography to accompany the book is also available at www.wiley.com/go/gillingham A forthcoming second volume is planned, which will take an alternative psalm-by-psalm approach Now available in paperback, and published in the innovative reception-history series, Blackwell Bible Commentaries
Full Product Details
Author: Susan Gillingham (Worcester College, Oxford, UK)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Edition: Volume One
Volume: 1
Dimensions:
Width: 15.90cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.724kg
ISBN: 9780631218555
ISBN 10: 0631218556
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 11 December 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"?Dr Gillingham has already published widely on the Psalms, and we look forward to her second volume.? (Journal of Theological Studies, 1 October 2013) ""In this volume, Gillingham meticulously masters the diverse reception history of the psalms.... Every page is bursting with solid research and influential insight. This work is an invaluable addition to the field and beckons the second volume."" (Religious Studies Review, December 2009) ""This is a most impressive piece of work?. The Coverage is truly encyclopaedic in scope and nothing seems to have escaped Gillingham's attention."" (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, June 2008) ""This wonderful book whets the appetite both for its second volume, and for more volumes of this valuable series.... [A] highly innovative and promising project."" (International Review of Biblical Studies, 2007-2008)"
In this volume, Gillingham meticulously masters the diverse reception history of the psalms... Every page is bursting with solid research and influential insight. This work is an invaluable addition to the field and beckons the second volume. (Religious Studies Review, December 2009) This is a most impressive piece of work... The Coverage is truly encyclopaedic in scope and nothing seems to have escaped Gillingham's attention. (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, June 2008) This wonderful book whets the appetite both for its second volume, and for more volumes of this valuable series... [A] highly innovative and promising project. (International Review of Biblical Studies, 2007-2008)
In this volume, Gillingham meticulously masters the diverse reception history of the psalms. ... Every page is bursting with solid research and influential insight. This work is an invaluable addition to the field and beckons the second volume. (Religious Studies Review, December 2009) This is a most impressive piece of work … .The Coverage is truly encyclopaedic in scope and nothing seems to have escaped Gillingham's attention. (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, June 2008) This wonderful book whets the appetite both for its second volume, and for more volumes of this valuable series... [A] highly innovative and promising project. (International Review of Biblical Studies, 2007-2008)
?Dr Gillingham has already published widely on the Psalms, and we look forward to her second volume.? (Journal of Theological Studies, 1 October 2013) In this volume, Gillingham meticulously masters the diverse reception history of the psalms.... Every page is bursting with solid research and influential insight. This work is an invaluable addition to the field and beckons the second volume. (Religious Studies Review, December 2009) This is a most impressive piece of work?. The Coverage is truly encyclopaedic in scope and nothing seems to have escaped Gillingham's attention. (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, June 2008) This wonderful book whets the appetite both for its second volume, and for more volumes of this valuable series.... [A] highly innovative and promising project. (International Review of Biblical Studies, 2007-2008) This book is a breakthrough in our understanding of the reception history of the Psalter. It will appeal to scholars and students of the Psalms and also to everyone who uses and prays them. The scope is extraordinarily wide and covers both Jewish and Christian use of the Psalms over nearly three thousand years. ?Professor John Barton, Oxford University As liturgical and devotional texts the Psalms occupy a unique place in Jewish and Christian tradition. In this impressively wide ranging study, Sue Gillingham explores how over the centuries the Psalms have inspired, been prayed, analysed, interpreted and spoken with an extraordinary resonance to many kinds of human need. Musicians, liturgists and students of literature as well as theologians, clergy and Christian and Jewish teachers, will find fresh perspectives and new insights in this magisterial survey. We await with anticipation the second volume in which against this background the interpretation of individual psalms will be considered. ?The Rt Revd Dr Geoffrey Rowell, Diocese of Europe
In this volume, Gillingham meticulously masters the diverse reception history of the psalms. ... Every page is bursting with solid research and influential insight. This work is an invaluable addition to the field and beckons the second volume. (Religious Studies Review, December 2009) This is a most impressive piece of work … .The Coverage is truly encyclopaedic in scope and nothing seems to have escaped Gillingham's attention. (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, June 2008) This wonderful book whets the appetite both for its second volume, and for more volumes of this valuable series... [A] highly innovative and promising project. (International Review of Biblical Studies, 2007-2008)
Author Information
Susan Gillingham is Fellow and Tutor in Theology at Worcester College and is University Lecturer in Old Testament. She has written various books and articles on the Psalms and Biblical Interpretation, including The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible (1994), One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies (1998) and The Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study (2002).
