Psalm and Story: Inset Hymns in Hebrew Narrative

by James W. Watts

This book addresses the literary, historical and methodological issues which have been raised by the appearance of psalms in narrative contexts of the Hebrew Bible. The narrative role of each psalm is explored to determine the reasons for its present position. The study of each psalm's narrative role leads to a re-evaluation of the evidence for its secondary status in the prose context. The results of each separate analysis are compared to see...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 056756410X
• ISBN13: 9780567564108
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"