Charting the Course of Psalms Research: Essays on the Psalms, Volume 1

by Erhard Gerstenberger

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2022

Overview

For the past several decades, Erhard Gerstenberger has been a leader in the study of the Psalms. These essays bring together some of the key contributions that both reflect on the history of interpretation and the path forward for research. Both the student and the experienced researcher will be enriched by the depth and clarity of perspective that Gerstenberger brings. Two of the essays appear here in English for the first time.

Key Features

• Contributes towards the history of interpretation and the path forward for research.
• Compiles several essays on the Psalms.
• Enriches the student and the experienced researcher with depth and clarity of perspective.

Contents

• 1. The Lyrical Literature
• 2. Psalms
• 3. The Psalm Genres
• 4. Theologies in the Psalms
• 5. Modes of Communication with the Divine in the Hebrew Psalter
• 6. The Psalms and Ritual Praxis
• 7. Non-Temple Psalms: The Cultic Setting Revisited
• 8. The Psalter as Book and as Collection

Praise for Charting the Course of Psalms

Erhard Gerstenberger has been a decisive figure in Psalms study in the past generation. This book provides a summary of scholarly research on the Psalms in his generation. Beyond that, this book gives full expression to Gerstenberger’s singular contribution to Psalms study, namely, the articulation of a fourfold taxonomy of Psalm settings: family, village, monarchy, and the post-exile community. Through this valuable summation of his work, Gerstenberger continues to be our generative teacher.

—Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary

Erhard Gerstenberger’s lifelong pursuit to understand the rich theological traditions of ancient Israel’s religious poetry can be grasped on each page of this collection of essays. With the help of Hanson’s elegant translation, he takes his English-speaking readers on a tour de force of intimate prayers, ritual settings, and varied theologies of the Psalter, uncovering hidden treasures, social contexts, and expressions of faith of texts that still impact us today.

—Anselm C. Hagedorn, Universität Osnabrück

This invaluable collection of essays is the fruit of Erhard Gerstenberger’s long and distinguished career. Gerstenberger is a formidable scholar and perhaps the most ferocious advocate for a pure form-critical approach to the Psalms. His towering intellect illuminates the Psalms in their historic, ritual, and cultic settings.

—Rolf A. Jacobson, Luther Seminary

Product Details

• Title: Charting the Course of Psalms Research: Essays on the Psalms, Volume 1
• Author: Erhard Gerstenberger
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 222
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781666737691, 1666737690
• Resource ID: LLS:9781666797435
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-15T21:10:55Z

About Erhard Gerstenberger

Erhard Gerstenberger is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Literature at Marburg University in Germany. He is the author of numerous studies of the Old Testament.