Diachronic and Synchronic: Reading the Psalms in Real Time: Proceedings of the Baylor Symposium on the Book of Psalms [Hardcover]

This volume is the result of a symposium held at Baylor University in May of 2006, entitled Baylor University Symposium on the Psalms. The participants were carefully selected to represent the diversity of approaches currently employed in the study of the Psalter. Although a number of volumes in print offer the reader introductory information related to the Psalter, perhaps even noting various methodological approaches, very few actually model the diversity of such approaches. This volume exposes readers to the variety of approaches as practiced by leading scholars in the field.

Dialogical Readings of the Psalter: Walter Brueggemann. Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary

Psalms as Subversive Practice of Dialogue: William P. Brown. Professor of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary

The Psalms and I : The Dialogical Self and the Psalmist: Carleen R. Mandolfo. Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Colby College

A Generic Renegade: A Dialogic Reading of Job and Lament Psalms

Historical Critical and Sociological Readings of the Psalter: Adele Berlin. The Robert H. Smith Professor of Hebrew Bible, University of Maryland

Myth and Meaning in Psalm 114: Erhard Gerstenberger. Emeritus Professor of Old Testament, Marburg University, Germany,The Psalms: Genres and Life Situations

Response: David M. Howard, Jr. Professor of Old Testament, Bethel Seminary

Canonical Readings of the Psalter: William H.Bellinger, Jr. Professor of Religion, Baylor University

Reading from the Beginning (Again): The Shape of Book I of the Psalter: Joel Burnett. Associate Professor of Religion, Baylor University

The Elohistic Psalter as Psalm Collection for a Restored Temple

Response: Nancy deClaisse-Walford. Associate Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University

Theological Readings of the Psalter: J. Clinton McCann, Jr. Evangelical Professló(