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<p>List of Illustrations xi</p> <p>Series Editors’ Preface xiii</p> <p>Preface xv</p> <p>Preface to the Paperback Edition xvii</p> <p>Works Cited xix</p> <p>Introduction: Towards a Reception-History Commentary on the Psalms 1</p> <p><b>1 The Eleventh Century BCE to the Fifth Century CE: Translation, Exposition, Instruction, Liturgy and the Prophetic Bias 5</b></p> <p>Jewish Reception 5</p> <p>From Composition to Compilation to Translation 5</p> <p>Exposition: The Prophetic Bias 9</p> <p>Instruction through Imitations of Psalms 11</p> <p>Christian Reception 13</p> <p>The Psalms as Prophecies in the New Testament 14</p> <p>The Psalms as Prophecies in the Church Fathers 24</p> <p>Alexandrian Commentators 28</p> <p>Liturgical Adaptations of the Psalms 40</p> <p>Christian Liturgy 40</p> <p>Jewish Liturgy 43</p> <p>Concluding Observations 46</p> <p><b>2 The Fifth to Eleventh Centuries: Liturgy, Exposition, Artistic Representation 47</b></p> <p>Christian Reception 47</p> <p>Liturgy 47</p> <p>Exposition, Homily, Translation 55</p> <p>Artistic Representation 62</p> <p>Jewish Reception 68</p> <p>Liturgy 68</p> <p>Translation, Exposition, Homily 71</p> <p>Artistic Representation 75</p> <p>Concluding Observations 75</p> <p><b>3 The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries: Learning and Discerning 77</b></p> <p>Jewish and Christian Controversies through Exegetical Works 77</p> <p>Preliminary Considerations 77</p> <p>Jewish Commentators 82</p> <p>Christian Commentators 87</p> <p>Christian and Jewish Artists 95</p> <p>Christian Illumination 95</p> <p>Jewish Illumination 104</p> <p>Christian and Jewish Didactic Works 113</p> <p>Christian Writers 113</p> <p>Jewish Writers 117</p> <p>Christian and Jewish Liturgy 120</p> <p>Christian Adaptations 120</p> <p>Jewish Adaptations 123</p> <p>Translation in Christian Tradition 123</p> <p>Concluding Observations 130</p> <p><b>4 The Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries: Democratization and Dissemination 131</b></p> <p>Reception as Translation: Christian Responses 131</p> <p>Commentary, Liturgy, Homily and Translation on the Continent 131</p> <p>Liturgy, Homily and Translation in England and Scotland 146</p> <p>Reception as Aesthetic Representation: Jewish and Christian Responses 163</p> <p>Jewish Reception through Art and Music 163</p> <p>Christian Reception through Art, Literary Imitation and Music 166</p> <p>Concluding Observations 190</p> <p><b>5 The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Secularization and Revitalization 192</b></p> <p>Christian Responses 194</p> <p>Exegetical Works 194</p> <p>Devotional Works 203</p> <p>Musical Reception 220</p> <p>Reception through Liturgy 228</p> <p>Translations of Psalmody 230</p> <p>Jewish Responses 234</p> <p>Reception as Translation and Liturgy 234</p> <p>Reception as Homily and Exegesis 237</p> <p>Aesthetic Responses 239</p> <p>Concluding Observations 240</p> <p><b>6 The Twentieth to Twenty-First Centuries: Pluralism and Ecumenism 242</b></p> <p>Christian and Jewish Translations of Psalmody 246</p> <p>Liturgy and Psalmody in Christian and Jewish Traditions 254</p> <p>Exegetical Studies, Christian and Jewish 266</p> <p>Devotional Works, Christian and Jewish 282</p> <p>Aesthetic Responses, Christian and Jewish 290</p> <p>Concluding Observations 307</p> <p>Conclusion: From Introduction to Commentary 309</p> <p>Glossary 313</p> <p>References 322</p> <p>Index of Psalms 351</p> <p>Index of Names 361</p> <p>Subject Index 368</p>

<p>“Dr Gillingham has already published widely on the Psalms, and we look forward to her second volume.”  (<i>Journal of Theological Studies</i>, 1 October 2013)</p> <p><i>“A most impressive piece of work ...The coverage is truly encyclopaedic in scope and nothing seems to have escaped Gillingham’s attention.”</i></p> —<b>Journal for the Study of the Old Testament</b> <p><i>“Gillingham meticulously masters the diverse reception history of the psalms ... Every page is bursting with solid research and influential insight. An invaluable addition to the field.”</i><br /> —<b>Religious Studies Review</b></p> <p><i>“This wonderful book whets the appetite both for its second volume, and for more volumes of this valuable series … [A] highly innovative and promising project.”</i><br /> —<b>International Review of Biblical Studies</b></p>

<b>Susan Gillingham</b> is Fellow and Tutor in Theology at Worcester College and is Reader in the Old Testament at the University of Oxford. She has written various books and articles on the Psalms and Biblical Interpretation, including <i>The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible</i> (1994), <i>One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies</i> (1998) and <i>The Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study</i> (2002).

This is the first of a two-volume commentary covering the Psalms. It provides a fascinating introduction to the literary, historical, and theological background of psalmody, examining the role of these biblical poems throughout Jewish and Christian history. Gillingham explores the psalms through liturgy and prayer, study and preaching, translation and imitation, and musical composition and artistic illustration. Included are illustrations of significant psalms, helpful maps, and an extensive bibliography; an expanded bibliography to accompany the book is also available at <b>www.wiley.com/go/gillingham</b>. <p>A forthcoming second volume will provide readers with a psalm-by-psalm commentary using the now established reception history approach. Taken together, these books constitute the most comprehensive resource available on the topic. For further information about this innovative reception-history series, visit the Blackwell Bible Commentaries website at <b>www.bbibcomm.net</b>.</p>

<i>“</i><i>This book is a breakthrough in our understanding of the reception history of the Psalter. It will appeal to scholars and students of the Psalms and also to everyone who uses and prays them. The scope is extraordinarily wide and covers both Jewish and Christian use of the Psalms over nearly three thousand years.”</i><br /> —<b>John Barton, University of Oxford</b> <p><i>“As liturgical and devotional texts the Psalms occupy a unique place in Jewish and Christian tradition. In this impressively wide ranging study, Sue Gillingham explores how over the centuries the Psalms have inspired, been prayed, analyzed, interpreted and spoken with an extraordinary resonance to many kinds of human need. Musicians, liturgists and students of literature as well as theologians, clergy and Christian and Jewish teachers, will find fresh perspectives and new insights in this magisterial survey. We await with anticipation the second volume in which against this background the interpretation of individual psalms will be considered.”</i><br /> —<b>The Rt Revd Dr Geoffrey Rowell, Diocese of Europe</b></p>

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