Francesco Scaglione

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//The Psalms through three thousand years : prayerbook of a cloud of witnesses// / William L. Holladay. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1993

**Contents**

Abbreviations

Introduction

==== 1. The Lord Is My Shepherd, Then and Now ====

===== PART ONE: THE PSALMS TAKE SHAPE — A RECONSTRUCTION =====

==== 2. In the Beginning: Psalms Sung in David's Day ====

The Historical Framework of the Old Testament\\
The Discovery of the Ugaritic Texts\\
Psalms with Canaanite Antecedents\\
Psalms from David's Reign\\
==== 3. Psalms from the North ====

The Nature of the Evidence\\
Psalm 45\\
The Other Korahite Psalms\\
The Psalms of Asaph\\
Other Psalms from the North
==== 4. Psalms from the Temple of Solomon ====

The Nature of Our Evidence\\
Royal Psalms\\
Psalms Offering Unique Wording Appropriate to the Period\\
Psalms from Which Amos and Jeremiah Drew\\
How Do We Reconstruct a Vanished Culture?\\
The Poetic Skill of the Psalmists\\
The Faith and Outlook of the Pre-exilic Psalms
==== 5. Hymns for the Second Temple ====

The Jews in the Hundred Years after the Fall of Jerusalem in 587 B.C.E.\\
Bilingualism among the Returnees\\
Psalm 137: A Psalm Composed during the Exile\\
The Pre-exilic Psalms in the Exilic context\\
Linguistic Clues for the Post-exilic Period and Post-exilic Psalms Dependent on Jeremiah\\
The Faith of the Early Post-exilic Community\\
Torah-Psalms 19:8; 119; and the Motif of Wisdom\\
The Pre-exilic Psalms in the Post-exilic Context
==== 6. Steps toward the Status of Scripture: The Psalms Are Collected, Annotated, and Translated ====

The Jews: The Fifth through the Third Centuries B.C.E.\\
Fresh Psalms: The Collection of 150 Psalms\\
The Types of Psalms\\
Clues to Subcollections within the Psalms\\
The Compilation of the Psalter\\
The Process of Canonization
The Scattering of Jews beyond Palestine and the Use of the Psalms beyond Palestine\\
Translations
===== PART TWO: THE PSALTER THROUGH HISTORY =====

==== 7. Psalms at the Dead Sea ====

The Jews, 323-63 B.C.E.: The Challenge of Hellenism\\
The Psalms of Solomon\\
The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls\\
History and Beliefs of the Community\\
The Scrolls\\
Summary\\

==== 8. Texts for the First Christians: the Psalms in the New Testament ====

==== 9. The Psalms for Jews, from the First Century of the Common Era ====

==== 10. The Psalms for Christians: In The West until the Reformation, and in the East ====

==== 11. The Psalms for Reformation Protestants ====

Martin Luther: His Career and His Commentaries on the Psalms\\
John Calvin: His Career and His Commentaries on the Psalms\\
The Commentaries of Katharina Schütz Zell and Justina Sanger\\
Metrical Psalms: The First Stage\\
English Translations of the Bible\\
Metrical Psalms: The Second Stage\\
Hymns Based on the Psalms\\
Paraphrases Composed by the Humanist Poets\\
The Psalms as Battle Hymns\\
Metrical Psalms in Anglican Worship\\
Printed Psalms in the Lives of Two Laymen\\
Musical Works
==== 12. The Psalms in the Roman Catholic Church from the Council of Trent until the Second Vatican Council ====

The Psalms in the Mass\\
The Psalms in the Daily Office\\
Musical Settings of the Psalms\\
The effect of the Latin Language\\
The Place of the Psalms in the Lives of the Catholics\\
The Struggle over Biblical Scholarship: New Translations\\
Praying the Psalms on the Eve of Vatican II: Gelineau and Merton

==== 13. The Psalms across Space and Time: The Nineteenth Century ====

A Psalm Verse That Was a Beacon for American Slaves\\
The Psalms into All the World\\
The Work of Translation\\
The Recovery of the World of the Psalms: Pioneers
Revision of the King James Version\\
Paraphrases of the Psalms\\
Musical Works\\
Responsive Readings\\
"Alleluia" and "Hallelujah"

==== 14. The Psalms in the Churches Today: Protestants and Roman Catholics ====

===== PART THREE: CURRENT THEOLOGICAL ISSUES =====

==== 15. Toughening Texts: Lament, Recovery, and Praise ====

==== 16. Censored Texts ====

==== 17. What Makes a Translation? ====

==== 18. Psalms for Whom? ====

==== 19. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord ====

Epilogue: How the Twenty-third Psalm Became an American Secular Icon

Appendixes

Indexes\\
 Index of Scripture and Other Early Writings\\
 Index of Authors and Historical Persons