[Rezension von: Walker-Jones, Arthur, Psalms Book 2 : an Earth Bible commentary : "as a doe groans"]
This book is a breath of fresh air amongst psalm commentaries! It is refreshing and engaging and places a fascinating new angle on the Psalms, book 2 (Psalms 42-72). It is an ecological ‘reading’ and perspective, but it specifically also uses insights from zooarchaeology, paleoanthropology, and anim...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 904-906 |
| Review of: | Psalms Book 2 (London : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2021) (Dell, Katharine)
Psalms Book 2 (London, England : T & T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020) (Dell, Katharine) |
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| Summary: | This book is a breath of fresh air amongst psalm commentaries! It is refreshing and engaging and places a fascinating new angle on the Psalms, book 2 (Psalms 42-72). It is an ecological ‘reading’ and perspective, but it specifically also uses insights from zooarchaeology, paleoanthropology, and animal studies to illuminate hidden aspects of these psalms. Although older scholarly findings such as genre or Sitz im Leben are mentioned briefly, the focus is to draw out the imagery in the psalms that comes from the natural and animal world, not simply as passing imagery but as a major focus of the study. Whilst the perspective from the point of view of Earth (as subject) is aired (along with Skies and Seas), as is the manner of the Earth Bible Commentary series, there is a much richer engagement than simply with ecological concerns in the emphasis on animal imagery and animal husbandry, ancient and modern. I learnt so much about the ways of animals from sheep to deer to elephants, and about the key relationships between humans and these animals—indeed about the interconnectedness of all species including humans, amongst them indigenous people. Biological, anthropological, and cultural studies are also represented. The wider modern context of species extinction and catastrophic climate change is also on the agenda with the ethical issues that arise, as well as a postcolonial perspective from an author who lives and works in Canada. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flab094 |