The Psalms of Solomon: Language, History, Theology (2015 Bons, Pouchelle), edited volume

The Psalms of Solomon: Language, History, Theology (2015) is a volume edited by Eberhard Bons and Patrick Pouchelle.

Abstract

"This volume includes revised essays originally presented at the First International Meeting on the Psalms of Solomon. Researchers whose work focuses on the Psalms of Solomon, experts on the Septuagint, and scholars of Jewish Hellenistic literature take a fresh look at debates surrounding the text. Authors engage linguistic, historical, and theological issues including the original language of the Psalms, their historical setting, and their theological intentions with the goal of expanding our understanding of first-century BCE Jewish theology"--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2016 (Early Judaism and Its Literature, 40).

Contents

Introduction / Eberhard Bons and Patrick Pouchelle -- The Psalms of Solomon as a historical source for the Late Hasmonean period / Benedikt Eckhardt -- Reflections on the original language of the Psalms of Solomon / Jan Joosten -- Philosophical vocabulary in the Psalms of Solomon: the case of Ps. Sol. 9:4 / Eberhard Bons -- Some thoughts on and implications from genre categorization in the Psalms of Solomon / Brad Embry -- Perceptions of the temple priests in the Psalms of Solomon / Kenneth Atkinson -- Die Rede vom Schlaf in den Psalmen Salomos und ihr traditions-geschichtlicher Hintergrund / Sven Behnke -- Prayers for being discipline: notes on [paideuo] and [paideia] in the Psalms of Solomon / Patrick Pouchelle -- The formation of the pious person in the Psalms of Solomon / Rodney A. Werline -- What would David do? Messianic expectation and surprise in Ps. Sol. 17 / Joseph L. Trafton -- Repsonses / Kenneth Atkinson.

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