Four Approaches to the Book of Psalms

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Preface
Saadiah Gaon: The Book of Psalms as a Second Pentateuch
The Rhetorical Thesis: Commandment and admonition phrased as prayer and petition
The Polemical Motive: An attack on the Karaite order of prayer and support for the Rabbanite prayerbook
The Ritual Thesis: The five-fold condition
The Exegetical Application: Radical reinterpretation
Polemic and Truth: To what extent is Saadiah's approach to Psalms anchored in his thought?
Notes to Chapter One
The Karaite Approach: The Psalms as Mandatory Prophetic Prayers
Salmon ben Yeruham: The Psalms as prophetic prayer for all ages: Monarchy, Exile, and Redemption
Yefet ben 'Ali: The Psalms as prophetic prayers, perfect in form and content
Notes to Chapter Two
Moses Ibn Giqatilah: The Psalms as Non-prophetic Prayers and Poems
Notes to Chapter Three
Abraham Ibn Ezra: The Psalms as Prophetic and Sacred Poetry
Abraham Ibn Ezra's two commentaries on Psalms
Echoes of Ibn Ezra's predecessors in his commentaries on Psalms
The prologue to the First Introduction: The musical and thematic superiority of the Psalms as divine songs
The First Inquiry: Who wrote the Psalms?
The Second Inquiry: Who edited the Book of Psalms?
The Third Inquiry: Are the Psalms prayers or prophecies?
The answer of the introduction: Prophetic prayers
The answer in the body of the commentary:
Prophetic prayers with abundant theological lore
The Fourth Inquiry: Editorial matters-the order of the Psalms and the terms used in their headings
The five books of psalms in comparison to Iberian anthologies
Two different explanations of the problematic term mizmor
Two explanations of la-me nasseah
The enigmatic expressions in the superscriptions as melodic indications
Notes to Chapter Four
Bibliography
Appendix:
Ibn Ezra's introduction and commentary on Psalms 1-2: The "First Recension" (Hebrew and English) Ibn Ezra's introduction to the standard commentary: The "Second Recension" (Hebrew and English)
Index of Citations
Index of Names and Topics
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