You who live in the shelter of the Most High (Ps. 91:1)

The Use of Psalms in Jewish and Christian Traditions

232 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Biblical Psalms are a common heritage of Jewish and Christian cultures. Serving for the common liturgy of the Jerusalem Temple and individual prayers since biblical times they inspired Hebrew poetical language. The Qumran community, as well as Jewish and Christian communities of Late Antiquity attributed to them a special authority and apotropaic function. Quoted and interpreted in various ways in the New Testament and Rabbinic tradition they had a fundamental role in regular liturgies since the Middle Ages. Referred to in medical texts, recited on pilgrimages and at funeral vigils they represented an important aspect of folk religion and the formation of religious identity. The present volume is intended to show the many ways the Psalms were used and enjoyed a lasting popularity in regular and folk religion, collectively and individually, from antiquity until today.

• Reihe: Poetik, Exegese und Narrative / Poetics, Exegesis and Narratives / Studien zur jüdischen Literatur und Kunst / Studies in Jewish Literature and Art
• ISBN: 9783847112365
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.01.2021
• Genre: Religion, Theologie
• Verlag: V&R unipress
• Herausgegeben von: Ida Fröhlich
• Herausgegeben von: Ida Fröhlich, Nóra Dávid, Gerhard Langer, Siam Bhayro, Gábor Barna, Michael Zellmann-Rohrer, Imre Kocsis, László Perendy, Szilvia Peremiczky, Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi, Orsolya Varsányi, Dolores Kamrada, Norbert Medgyesy-Schmikli, Zsuzsanna Olach, Zsuzsa Závoti, Nóra Dávid, Gerhard Langer