Psalms in Community

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Pub. Date: 2004-04-01
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii
Abbreviations ix
Preface 1(6)
INTRODUCTION: THE PSALMS IN TWO RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
Christian Liturgical Psalmody: Origins, Development, Decomposition, Collapse
Robert P. Taft, S.J.
7(26)
Hallels, Midrash, Canon, and Loss: Psalms in Jewish Liturgy
Lawrence A. Hoffman
33(28)
PART 1: PSALMS IN THE LIFE OF ANCIENT ISRAEL
Sweet Singer of Israel: David and the Psalms in Early Judaism
Esther M. Menn
61(14)
Amazing Grace: The Transformation of the Thanksgiving Hymn at Qumran
John J. Collins
75(12)
The Psalter as a Book of Theology
Patrick D. Miller
87(14)
PART 2: PSALMS IN CHRISTIAN ORIGINS
Giving Voice to Jesus: Use of the Psalms in the New Testament
Harold W. Attridge
101(12)
The Psalms and the Origins of Christology
Adela Yarbro Collins
113(12)
Christian "Rock" Music at Corinth?
Diana M. Swancutt
125(22)
PART 3: PSALMS IN FORMATIVE JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANTTY
Philo's Impact on Christian Psalmody
Peter Jeffery
147(42)
Finding the Right Key: The Aims and Strategies of Early Christian Interpretation of the Psalms
Brian Daley, S.J.
189(18)
A Note on the Peshitta Psalms and Their Use at Ramsa (Evening Prayer) in the East Syrian Tradition
Byan D. Spinks
207(8)
PART 4: PSALMS IN THE LATIN MIDDLE AGES AND THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
Hildegard and the Dawn Song of Lauds: An Introduction to Benedictine Psalmody
Margot Fassler
215(26)
Illuminated Psalter Commentaries
Walter Cahn
241(24)
"Soul Anatomy": Calvin's Commentary on the Psalms
Serene Jones
265(20)
Calvin's Geneva and the Psalms
Carlos Eire
285(8)
Feathered Psalms: 01d World Forms in a New World Garb
Jaime Lara
293(20)
PART 5: CASE STUDIES OF CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE
Psalms in a Contemporary African American Church
Gilbert I. Bond
313(12)
Chanting Psalms Today: The Zemirot in Syrian Sabbath Prayers
Mark Kligman
325(16)
Tradition and Renewal in Contemporary Greek Orthodox Psalmody
Alexander Lingas
341(18)
PART 6: TEXTUAL TRADITION IN CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES
Texts and Translations in Tension
Richard J. Clifford, S.J.
359(6)
Singing God's Praises: The Translation and Liturgical Uses of Hallel Psalms 113 and 114
Elliot L. Stevens
365(8)
Texts in Tension: Translations for Contemporary Worship
Gordon Lathrop
373(8)
PART 7: THE PSALMS IN PREACHING AND POETRY TODAY
Singing a New Song: The Poetic Afterlife of the Psalms
Peter S. Hawkins
381(14)
Mizmor l'David
Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig
395(8)
Evening Prayer, Sunday, 21 January 2001: Psalm 103
Ellen Davis
403
Bibliography
Primary Sources, Catalogues, and Multivolume Reference Works
407(10)
Secondary Sources
417(38)
Index of Canonical and Deuterocanonical References 455(4)
General Index 459(10)
Contributors 469

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