Psalms of Asaph and the Pentateuch: Studies in the Psalter, III (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781850756392)

The Asaph psalms (50, 73-83) are a unity. They often call God 'Elohim' and 'El', and the people 'Joseph', as Amos does; they appeal to Israelite history, the exodus and the covenant; they are written in the face of military catastrophe. In this suggestive and brilliant work, Goulder argues that they were composed in Bethel in the 720s for use as the psalmody for the autumn festival. This gives us vital new evidence for the history of the Pentateuch: there was at Bethel a historical tradition from at least the time of the oppression in Egypt to the Solomonic Empire; the Asaphites took this tradition to Jerusalem and their descendants were the Deuteronomists.

Author: Michael D. Goulder
ISBN-10: 1850756392
ISBN-13: 9781850756392
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 12/01/1996
Pages: 386
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d