Reading backwards from the beginning : my life with the Psalter

De Claisse-Walford, N.L.

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dc.contributor.author	De Claisse-Walford, N.L.
dc.date.accessioned	2008-10-17T05:30:25Z
dc.date.available	2008-10-17T05:30:25Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.description.abstract	The Psalter is more than the sum of its individual parts. The book is indeed the collected hymns of ancient Israel and its designation as "the hymnbook of second temple period" is appropriate. But, in addition, the Psalter is a narrative within a poetic text. Contemporary interest in the Psalter includes the desire to flesh out, give breath to, and stir the nephesh ("the inmost being") of the text of the book of Psalms. But are scholars making any progress? In this article the author answers positively and is intended to provide a summary of this same learning experience.	en
dc.description.uri	http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1525162	en
dc.identifier.citation	De Claisse-Walford, NL 2006, 'Reading backwards from the beginning : my life with the Psalter', Verbum et Ecclesia, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 455-467. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_verbum.html]	en
dc.identifier.issn	1609-9982
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/7562
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria	en
dc.rights	Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria	en
dc.subject	Psalter	en
dc.subject	Spirituality in the Psalms
dc.subject	Narrative history in the Psalms
dc.subject.lcsh	Bible -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
dc.subject.lcsh	Nephesh (The Hebrew word)
dc.title	Reading backwards from the beginning : my life with the Psalter	en
dc.type	Article	en