Psalms Through the Centuries, Volume 1

Susan Gillingham 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 The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible (1994), One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies (1998) and The Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study (2002).

• List of Illustrations xiSeries Editors’ Preface xiiiPreface xvPreface to the Paperback Edition xviiWorks Cited xixIntroduction: Towards a Reception-History Commentary on the Psalms 11 The Eleventh Century BCE to the Fifth Century CE: Translation, Exposition, Instruction, Liturgy and the Prophetic Bias 5Jewish Reception 5From Composition to Compilation to Translation 5Exposition: The Prophetic Bias 9Instruction through Imitations of Psalms 11Christian Reception 13The Psalms as Prophecies in the New Testament 14The Psalms as Prophecies in the Church Fathers 24Alexandrian Commentators 28Liturgical Adaptations of the Psalms 40Christian Liturgy 40Jewish Liturgy 43Concluding Observations 462 The Fifth to Eleventh Centuries: Liturgy, Exposition, Artistic Representation 47Christian Reception 47Liturgy 47Exposition, Homily, Translation 55Artistic Representation 62Jewish Reception 68Liturgy 68Translation, Exposition, Homily 71Artistic Representation 75Concluding Observations 753 The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries: Learning and Discerning 77Jewish and Christian Controversies through Exegetical Works 77Preliminary Considerations 77Jewish Commentators 82Christian Commentators 87Christian and Jewish Artists 95Christian Illumination 95Jewish Illumination 104Christian and Jewish Didactic Works 113Christian Writers 113Jewish Writers 117Christian and Jewish Liturgy 120Christian Adaptations 120Jewish Adaptations 123Translation in Christian Tradition 123Concluding Observations 1304 The Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries: Democratization and Dissemination 131Reception as Translation: Christian Responses 131Commentary, Liturgy, Homily and Translation on the Continent 131Liturgy, Homily and Translation in England and Scotland 146Reception as Aesthetic Representation: Jewish and Christian Responses 163Jewish Reception through Art and Music 163Christian Reception through Art, Literary Imitation and Music 166Concluding Observations 1905 The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Secularization and Revitalization 192Christian Responses 194Exegetical Works 194Devotional Works 203Musical Reception 220Reception through Liturgy 228Translations of Psalmody 230Jewish Responses 234Reception as Translation and Liturgy 234Reception as Homily and Exegesis 237Aesthetic Responses 239Concluding Observations 2406 The Twentieth to Twenty-First Centuries: Pluralism and Ecumenism 242Christian and Jewish Translations of Psalmody 246Liturgy and Psalmody in Christian and Jewish Traditions 254Exegetical Studies, Christian and Jewish 266Devotional Works, Christian and Jewish 282Aesthetic Responses, Christian and Jewish 290Concluding Observations 307Conclusion: From Introduction to Commentary 309Glossary 313References 322Index of Psalms 351Index of Names 361Subject Index 368

“Dr Gillingham has already published widely on the Psalms, and we look forward to her second volume.”  (Journal of Theological Studies, 1 October 2013)“A most impressive piece of work ...The coverage is truly encyclopaedic in scope and nothing seems to have escaped Gillingham’s attention.”—Journal for the Study of the Old Testament “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.”—Religious Studies Review“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.”—International Review of Biblical Studies