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The nine essays in this volume originated in the discussions of the Psalms program unit of the Society of Biblical Literature and a number were first presented as papers at the SBL meetings in 1989 and 1990. The volume documents the growing interest among scholars in understanding the book of Psalms not only as a collection of liturgical materials from ancient Israel and Judah but also as a...

J. Clinton McCann, Jr In the past ten years, biblical scholars have given increasing attention to the shape and shaping of the book of Psalms. The investigation has proceeded on several fronts—investigation of how individual psalms may have been ‘re-read’ or redacted to provide a ‘new interpretation’ for the postexilic community,1 investigation of the links between adjacent psalms or among groups of psalms and investigation of the final
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