Singing the songs of the Lord in foreign lands
Subtitle: Psalms in contemporary Lutheran interpretation
By: edited by Kenneth Mtata, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, Miriam Rose
Series: Lutheran World Federation documentation -- 59 -- LWF documentation -- 59; LWF documentation -- 59.
Publisher: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leipzig
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9783374037735
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Doctrines; Bibel; Lutherische Theologie; Bible; Hermeneutik; Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Lutheran Church
Other titles: Psalms in contemporary Lutheran interpretation
Description: Despite their richness, the Psalms also raise some interpretive challenges. How do we read such difficult passages as the one which advocates the violent destruction of one&#x2019;s enemies? This collection of essays by renowned international scholars from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America addresses such issues as historical and contemporary Lutheran and ecumenical interpretations of the Psalms and provides valuable interpretive insights for theologians, biblical scholars, pastors, counselors and students. -- Back cover.
Notes: Parallel edition in German under title: Das Lied des Herrn in der Fremde singen.

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Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I: Hermeneutical approaches and challenges. Luther's early interpretation of the Psalms and his contribution to hermeneutics / Hans-Peter Grosshans; title: "Protect me from those who are violent " : Psalm 140 : a cry for justice, a song of hope / Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon; title: II: Psalms exegesis: methodologies past and present. Singing, praying and meditating the Psalms : exegetical and historical remarks / Corinna Körting; title: From Pslams to psalter exegesis / Frank-Lothar Hossfeld; title: III: Difficult topics in Psalms and their Lutheran interpretation. The topic of violence : a hermeneutical challenge in reading Psalms / Jutta Hausmann; title: Between praise and lament : remarks on the development of the Hebrew Psalms / Urmas Nõmmik; title: The vengeance Psalms as a phenomenon of critical justice : the problem of enemies in Luther's interpretation of Psalms / Roger Marcel Wanke; title: IV: Psalms from the Old Testament and their reception in the New Testament. Psalms outside the biblical Psalms collection : the example of Jonah / Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr; title: Interpretation of the Psalms in the New Testament : witness to Christ and the human condition / Craig R. Koester; title: The christological reception of Psalms in Hebrews / Anni Hentschel; title: V: Luther's interpretation of the Psalms from a contemporary perspective. Luther and the Psalms : how stories shape the story / Vítor Westhelle; title: The Psalms and Luther's praise inversion : cultural criticism as doxology detection / Brian Brock; title: Theology of the word in "Operationes in Psalmos" (1519-1521) / L'ubomír Batka; title: VI: Contextual approaches to the Psalms. Being ʻādām : a contextual reading of the Psalms today / Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele); title: The wounds of war : engaging the Psalms of lament in pastoral care with veterans against the background of Martin Luther's hermeneutics / Andrea Bieler; title: Luther's poetic reading of Psalms / Dorothea Erbele-Küster.