by hadassah | Jul 13, 2008 | Biblical Poetry
Psalms – Examples of Forms, Christine Hayes. The Hebrew Bible 1. Hymns of praise, trust or thanksgiving — 8, 19,23,24,46,103, 104, 114,115,118,131,136,139,150. 2. Enthronement, Royal or Messianic Psalms — 93, 96, 97, 98, 99; 2, 21,45,72, 110. 3. Psalms of...
by hadassah | Jul 13, 2008 | Biblical Poetry
Psalms and Song of Songs, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. Okay, so having studied Job, we’ve seen that the Bible is not a book with a single uniform style and message. It’s an anthology of diverse works that may have...
by hadassah | Jul 3, 2008 | Biblical Poetry, Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
Introduction, Nahum Sarna, Songs of the Heart, Schocken Books, NY, 1993 In the Law and the Prophets, God reaches out to man. The initiative is His. The message is His. He communicates, we receive. Our God-given free will allows us to be receptive, to be...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2008 | Biblical Poetry
Pesher Psalms, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia 1994. Pesher Psalms is represented in three manuscripts. Because these manuscripts do not overlap, we cannot be sure that they represent the same...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2008 | Biblical Literature, Biblical Poetry
Psalms, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia 1994. Much of the debate about canon at Qumran has swirled about the question of the contents of the Psalms Scroll from cave 11. This scroll contains...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | Biblical Literature, Biblical Poetry
Tosefta Yadayim 2:14: The Biblical Canon and Divine Inspiration Lawrence H. Schiffman, Texts and Traditions, Ktav, Hoboken 1998, p.120. In the debate concerning the biblical canon, Rabbi Simeon explains canonical status as dependent on divine inspiration. In...
