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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies ; volume 621
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; volume 621.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; Introducing an Ethical Reading of the Thanksgiving Psalms; What Actually Happened and What Could Have Happened; An Outline; Chapter 2; Story, Ethos, and Character Formation in the Thanksgiving Psalms; Introducing Old Testament Narrative Ethics; The Place of the Psalter in Old Testament Narrative Ethics; The Storied Ethics of Psalm 30; Ethics and Ethos; Liturgy and World-Creating in the Thanksgiving Psalms; Conclusion; Chapter 3; Psalm 116; Translation; Structure and Genre; Interpretation; Verses 1-2; Verses 3-6. |
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Verses 7-9Summary of Verses 1-9; Verses 12-19; Summary of Verses 10-19; Conclusion: The Storied Ethics of Psalm 116; Chapter 4; Psalm 118; Translation; Structure, Setting(s), and Singer(s); Structure; Setting(s); Singer(s); Interpretation; Verses 1-4; Verses 5-9; Verses 10-18; Verses 19-28; Verse 29; Conclusion: The Storied Ethics of Psalm 118; Chapter 5; Psalm 138; Translation; Genre, Singer(s), Date, and Structure; Genre; Singer(s) and Date; Structure; Interpretation; Verses 1-3; Verses 4-6; Verses 7-8; Conclusion: The Storied Ethics of Psalm 138; Conclusion; Bibliography. |
| Summary |
Drawing on research from the field of narrative ethics, The Storied Ethics of the Thanksgiving Psalms argues that story and storytelling function as important instruments in a given community's ethical shaping. While this argument has gained some traction in the field of Old Testament ethics, it has yet to inform an ethical reading of non-narrative texts, such as the Psalter. However, because the thanksgiving psalms are characterized by their inclusion of the worshipper's story, they stand to benefit from the application of a narrative ethical approach. In the present study, this argument is tested through a close reading of three thanksgivings - Psalms 116, 118, and 138 - each of which clearly demonstrates a didactic concern. Yahweh is presented as one who is worthy of trust, even in the midst of personal disaster. The affirmation of Yahweh's character provides the framework for the community's continued (or renewed) commitment and trust, hope and expectancy. The example provided by the worshipper challenges the audience to pray as they prayed, to trust as they trust, to live with hope as they live with hope. In addition, these psalms, and the stories they retell, invite the audience to tell their story when God answers their prayers, and to do so in public, in corporate worship, for the benefit of the community. These intended results - prayer, commitment, trust, hope, expectancy, public storytelling and thanksgiving - are not typically pursued in "ethical" studies, but they are clearly part of the Psalter's comprehensive vision of the ethical life and are, therefore, worthy of careful consideration |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bible. Psalms -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Psalms. |
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Bible -- Criticism, Narrative.
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Bible. |
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Bible -- Critique narrative. |
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Bible. |
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Bible. Psalms. |
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Ethics in the Bible.
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Ethics in the Bible. |
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God -- Worship and love -- Biblical teaching.
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Gratitude -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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God -- Worship and love -- Biblical teaching. |
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament. |
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Gratitude -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Wisdom Literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: James, Joshua T. Storied ethics of the Thanksgiving Psalms. New York : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2017] 9780567675217 (DLC) 2017025097 |
| ISBN |
9780567675200 (electronic book) |
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0567675203 (electronic book) |
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9780567675194 (online) |
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056767519X |
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0567675211 |
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9780567675217 |
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9780567675217 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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