Auwers, Jean-Marie
[UCL]
A.'s essay explores several ways in which the Psalms exegete portions of the canon. His initial section looks at psalms that provide exegesis of other psalms or themes common in the Psalter. Here A. treats both small groups of psalms: Psalms 15-19 (the absolute authority of the Torah); Psalms 120-34 (invitation to a pilgrimage to the Temple and the Torah); Psalms 146-50 (a summary of the Psalter); Psalms 1-2 (as a two-fold key to reading the Psalter), as well as the psalm superscriptions as interpretative devices, with special attention to Psalms 30 and 90. The second section examines the Psalms as part of the Jewish Scriptures, e.g., their function in expounding the Torah, interpreting the life of David, and the place of the Psalter in Jewish exegesis. A brief final section deals with the Psalms in Christian exegesis. [Abstracted by: Andrew E. Steinmann]
Bibliographic reference |
Auwers, Jean-Marie. Les voies de l'exégèse canonique du Psautier.Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense (Leuven, du 25/07/2001 au 27/07/2001). In: Jean-Marie Auwers, The Biblical Canons, Peeters - University Press : Leuven2003, p. 5-26 |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/92624 |