This book discusses the theory that the Psalter was compiled with the specific intention that it should be used as a book for private spiritual reading. It is argued that if this were so, the work of the final editors would not have been confined to arranging the psalms in a particular order but would have included additions and interpolations intended to give the whole book a new orientation. An investigation of selected psalms shows that although the Psalter may have become a book for private devotion not long after its compilation, there is little evidence that it was compiled for that purpose.
- ISBN10 1850757976
- ISBN13 9781850757979
- Publish Date 7 January 1996
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Sheffield Academic Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 137
- Language English