Research Catalog

Title

An introduction to wisdom literature and the Psalms : festschrift Marvin E. Tate / edited by H. Wayne Ballard, Jr. and W. Dennis Tucker, Jr.

Publication

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, ©2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tate, Marvin E.
• Ballard, Harold Wayne, 1963-
• Tucker, W. Dennis, Jr.

Description

ix, 242 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"An Introduction to Wisdom Literature and the Psalms is a Festschrift for Senior Professor Marvin E. Tate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, who by students and colleagues alike has been cited as "Professor Exemplar." This Festschrift will be welcomed as an exemplary textbook by those who study and teach Old Testament Wisdom Literature and the Psalms." "This collection of essays offers a unique approach to studying the Wisdom Literature and the Psalms. The essays explore introductory themes and background issues to give the student a solid understanding of the ways of wisdom and psalmody in the Old Testament."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Tate, Marvin E
• Festschriften
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Bibel > Weisheit
• Bibel > Psalmen
• Bible > Psalms > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Wisdom literature > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Psalmen (bijbelboek)
• Wijsheidsliteratuur
• Bibliografie
• Aufsatzsammlung

Genre/Form

• Festschriften.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Festschriften

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction to the Psalms and wisdom literature / H. Wayne Ballard, Jr. -- A biographical sketch of Marvin E. Tate / Robert C. Dunston -- A history of the use and interpretation of the Psalms / John D.W. Watts -- From psalm to Psalms to psalter / James D. Nogalski -- The poetry and literature of the Psalms / Daniel Mynatt -- The ancient Near Eastern context of the Book of Psalms / Joel F. Drinkard, Jr. -- The canonical shape of the Psalms / Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford -- Portraits of faith : the scope of theology in the Psalms / William H. Bellinger, Jr. -- An introduction to the history of interpretation / M. Pierce Matheney, Jr. -- Literary forms in the wisdom literature / W. Dennis Tucker, Jr. -- Biblical wisdom in its ancient Middle Eastern context / Thomas Smothers -- The canonical shape of the wisdom literature / Gerald Keown -- The scope of theology in wisdom literature / Carol Stuart Grizzard -- Unresolved issues in wisdom literature / James L. Crenshaw.

ISBN

• 0865546525
• 9780865546523

LCCN

00022187

OCLC

• ocm43385250
• 43385250
• SCSB-1034865

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library