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At a time when the focus of Psalms research has increasingly shifted from the form-critical concerns of Hermann Gunkel and his followers, Defining the Sacred Songs argues for the continued importance of genre as an interpretative category in the post-critical era. Drawing on insights from the Psalms' long interpretative tradition, Nasuti is able to bring a fresh perspective on the role that the...

Chapter 2 THE ROLE OF GENRE IN BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION: THE CASE OF THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS Ever since the ground-breaking work of Hermann Gunkel at the beginning of this century, one of the most basic principles of modern biblical studies has been the need to read individual biblical texts in accord with their genre. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that form-criticism has defined the agenda for much of the twentieth century in the way that source criticism dominated the previous century.
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