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The Variety of Psalms
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Abstract
Within the collection of 150 psalms written over the course of a millennium, there is great diversity of material. Just as there are different kinds of songs nowadays (ballads, anthems, hymns, folk tunes) and assorted musical genres (classical, jazz, country, hip-hop), so there are numerous categories and styles of psalms. In this chapter various genres of psalms are canvassed, including the most frequently attested: psalms of lament and psalms of the temple. There is also some discussion about how the poetic medium was utilized to explore important topics such as alienation and suffering, child-rearing woes and vocational anxieties, fear of the future and situations of deep distress, in addition to the seemingly mundane circumstances of everyday routine as opportunities to experience the divine presence.
Title: The Variety of Psalms
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Abstract
Within the collection of 150 psalms written over the course of a millennium, there is great diversity of material.
Just as there are different kinds of songs nowadays (ballads, anthems, hymns, folk tunes) and assorted musical genres (classical, jazz, country, hip-hop), so there are numerous categories and styles of psalms.
In this chapter various genres of psalms are canvassed, including the most frequently attested: psalms of lament and psalms of the temple.
There is also some discussion about how the poetic medium was utilized to explore important topics such as alienation and suffering, child-rearing woes and vocational anxieties, fear of the future and situations of deep distress, in addition to the seemingly mundane circumstances of everyday routine as opportunities to experience the divine presence.
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