The Formation of the Hebrew Psalter

Gianni Barbiero (Herausgegeben von) Born 1944; 1991 Dr. theol; 1999 habilitation; taught in Messina (Italy), Benediktbeuern (Germany), and Rome (Italy); retired Old Testament professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.Marco Pavan (Herausgegeben von) Born 1975; 2014 Dr. theol.; associate professor at the Pontifical University “St. Thomas Aquinas” and the „Roma 3“ University in Rome, and at the Theological Faculty of Florence.Johannes Schnocks (Herausgegeben von) Born 1967; 2002 Dr. theol.; 2008 habilitation; since 2012 professor for History and Religion of the Old Testament and principal investigator in the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.

• Gianni Barbiero/Marco Pavan/Johannes Schnocks: IntroductionI. Methodological and Theological AspectsMarco Pavan: The Psalter as a Book? A critical evaluation of the recent research on the Psalter - David Willgren Davage: What Could We Agree On? Outlining Five Fundaments in the Research of the 'Book' of Psalms - William Yarchin: Why the Future of Canonical Hebrew Psalter Exegesis Includes Abandoning Its Premise - Bernd Janowski: A Temple in Words. The Theological Architecture of the PsalterII. Case Studies on Groups of PsalmsII.1. The first Davidic PsalterPhil J. Botha: Indications of Intentional Interconnectedness between Pss 1-2 and Ps 37 and the Implications for Understanding the Concerns of the Editors of Book I of the Psalms - Friedhelm Hartenstein: Psalm 23 als Brennspiegel seines Umfelds. Intertextuelle Bezüge und Entstehung in der Teilkomposition Ps 15-24 - Kathrin Liess: Schuld und Vergebung. Psalm 25 in seinem Psalterkontext - Beat Weber: "Ich will den HERRN preisen zu jeder Zeit …" (Ps 34,2). Die Psalmen 25-34 als Kleinkomposition in Verbindung mit hermeneutisch-methodischen Überlegungen zur "Psalterexegese" - Gianni Barbiero: Psalms 35-41 as the Conclusion of Book I of the PsalmsII.2. Books IV and VJohannes Schnocks: Die Psalterexegese und die Handschriften. Überlegungen zum IV. Psalmenbuch (Ps 90-106) als Komposition und in Qumran - W. Dennis Tucker, Jr.: "Let Israel Now Say" (Ps 124:1b). Group Identity in Pss 107-145 - Susan Gillingham: The Egyptian Hallel. Narrative and Liturgy, and the Formation of the Hebrew PsalterII.3. The Final HallelAlma Brodersen: No Final Hallel. Material Sources for Psalms 146-150 - Friederike Neumann: "YHWH shall be King forever!" (Ps 146:10). The Phenomenon of Fortschreibung within the Final Hallel - Egbert Ballhorn: Researching Sense at the End of the Psalter. Pss 145-150 and its Canonical ShapesIII. Erich Zenger (1939-2010)Bernd Janowski: Ein kreativer Kollege und verlässlicher Freund. Erinnerungen an Erich Zenger - Johannes Schnocks: Erich Zenger und die Psalterexegese. Einige persönliche Erinnerungen - Egbert Ballhorn: Erich Zenger als Psalmen-Übersetzer