Wisdom, Worship, and Poetry
Fortress Commentary on the Bible
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Wisdom, Worship, and Poetry
Fortress Commentary on the Bible
About this book
This concise commentary, excerpted from the Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, engages readers in the work of biblical interpretation. Contributors connect historical-critical analysis with sensitivity to current theological, cultural, and interpretive issues.
Introductory articles describe the challenges of reading the Old Testament in ancient and contemporary contexts, relating the biblical theme of "the people of God" to our complex, multicultural world, and reading the Old Testament as Christian Scripture, followed by a survey of "Introduction to Wisdom and Worship: Themes and Perspectives in the Poetic Writings." Each chapter (Job through Song of Songs) includes an introduction and commentary on the text through the lenses of three critical questions:
The Text in Its Ancient Context. What did the text probably mean in its original historical and cultural context?
The Text in the Interpretive Tradition. How have centuries of reading and interpreting shaped our understanding of the text?
The Text in Contemporary Discussion. What are the unique challenges and interpretive questions that arise for readers and hearers of the text today?
Wisdom, Worship, and Poetry introduces fresh perspectives and draws students, as well as preachers and interested readers, into the challenging work of interpretation.
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Abbreviations
General
| AT | Alpha Text (of the Greek text of Esther) |
| BOI | Book of Isaiah |
| Chr | Chronicler |
| DH | Deuteronomistic History |
| DI | Deutero-Isaiah |
| Dtr | Deuteronomist |
| Gk. | Greek |
| H | Holiness Code |
| Heb. | Hebrew |
| JPS | Jewish Publication Society |
| LXX | The Septuagint |
| LXX B | Vaticanus Text of the Septuagint |
| MP | Mode of production |
| MT | Masoretic Text |
| NIV | New International Version |
| NRSV | New Revised Standard Version |
| OAN | Oracles against Nations (in Jeremiah) |
| P. | papyrus/papyri |
| P | Priestly source |
| PE | Pastoral Epistles |
| RSV | Revised Standard Version |
| TI | Trito-Isaiah |
Books of the Bible (NT, OT, Apocrypha)
Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
| Gen. | Genesis |
| Exod. | Exodus |
| Lev. | Leviticus |
| Num. | Numbers |
| Deut. | Deuteronomy |
| Josh. | Joshua |
| Judg. | Judges |
| Ruth | Ruth |
| 1 Sam. | 1 Samuel |
| 2 Sam. | 2 Samuel |
| 1 Kgs. | 1 Kings |
| 2 Kgs. | 2 Kings |
| 1 Chron. | 1 Chronicles |
| 2 Chron. | 2 Chronicles |
| Ezra | Ezra |
| Neh. | Nehemiah |
| Esther | Esther |
| Job | Job |
| Ps. (Pss.) | Psalms |
| Prov. | Proverbs |
| Eccles. | Ecclesiastes |
| Song. | Song of Songs |
| Isa. | Isaiah |
| Jer. | Jeremiah |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table Of Contents
- Publisher’s Note
- Abbreviations
- Series Introduction
- Reading the Old Testament in Ancient and Contemporary Contexts
- The People of God and the Peoples of the Earth
- Reading the Christian Old Testament in the Contemporary World
- Introduction to Wisdom and Worship: Themes and Perspectives in the Poetic Writings
- Job
- Psalms
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Songs