The Psalms of Asaph and the Pentateuch : Studies in the Psalter, III
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 trad
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Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 DELITZSCH' S DILEMMA
The Names for God
Prophetic Speeches of Divine Judgment
History
Northern Echoes
Common Language
Relation to Deuteronomy
Conclusion
Part I: THE PSALMS OF ASAPH
Chapter 2 BEFORE THE FESTIVAL
Psalm 50
Psalm 73
Psalm 74
Excursus: Leviathan
A Liturgical Hypothesis
Note on Lamentations 2
Chapter 3 THE OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL
Psalm 75
Psalm 76
Excursus: Salem
The Liturgical Hypothesis
Chapter 4 THE VIGIL
Psalm 77
Psalm 78
The Liturgical Hypothesis. Chapter 5 THE DAYS OF PETITION
Psalm 79
Psalm 80
The Liturgical Theory
Chapter 6 THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS
Psalm 81
The Liturgical Theory
Psalm 82
Psalm 83
The Liturgical Theory
Chapter 7 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PSALTER
Part II: E, D, J, P
Chapter 8 THE PRIMACY OF THE ASAPH TRADITIONS
The Asaph Traditions
The Korah Traditions
Our Fathers Have Told Us
Chapter 9 JACOB AND JOSEPH
Jacob
Joseph
Chapter 10 ABRAHAM, CREATION AND THE SONS OF MERARI
Abraham
Creation, the Flood and the Work of P
Chapter 11 THE EXODUS. The Oppression in Egypt: Exodus 1.1-7.13
The Plagues: Exodus 7.14-13.16
Chapter 12 THE WILDERNESS
The Crossing of the Sea
The Wilderness
Water from the Rock
Taberah
Manna
The Quails
The Spies
Amalek
Judges
Chapter 13 THE MOUNTAIN
The Theophany
The Decalogue
The Covenant Law
After the Revelation
The Apostasy at Meribah/Horeb
Leaving the Mountain
Chapter 14 THE SONS OF ASAPH
Chapter 15 CONCLUDING UNHISTORICAL POSTSCRIPT
The Asaphite Exodus-Kings
The Asaphite Genesis
The Asaphite Deuteronomy
The Korahite Revolution. The Deuteronomistic History
The Priestly Expansion
Bibliography
Index of References
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