The Psalms in the New Testament

by Steve Moyise; Maarten J. J. Menken

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2004

Overview

The Psalms in the New Testament offers a comprehensive summary of the use of the Psalms at Qumran and in the New Testament and provides an overview of the role and function of the Psalms in the first century. Each chapter considers matters of textual form, points of particular interest, and hermeneutics, creating an important research tool for Septuagintal and manuscript studies, first-century hermeneutics and the development of Christian apologetics and theology. The contributors have all either written or are writing monographs on their particular section of the New Testament/Qumran. In a number of cases, the particular chapter will be the first of its kind, such as Steve Moyise’s discussion of Psalms in Revelation.

Contents

Top Highlights

“It is surely significant, then, that at the climax of his prologue, Jesus’ baptism, the divine attestation begins with an allusion to Psalm 2, a famous royal psalm which not only designates the addressee as Yahweh’s chosen king but does so precisely in the context of a clash of political powers.” (Page 26)

“the Hebrew psalter existed in at least two forms in late Second Temple Palestine” (Page 6)

“It does not aim to cover the entire New Testament. Philippians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, the Pastoral Epistles, Philemon, James, 2 Peter, the Johannine Epistles and Jude are absent, because overt references to the Psalms in the form of marked or unmarked quotations are missing from these writings.” (Page 2)

“Jesus’ questions are now given answers by his witnesses equipped with his own hermeneutic to relate his life and work to scripture. Paul is shown fulfilling the same task (e.g., Acts 13), primarily proving from scripture that Jesus is the Christ.” (Page 88)

“To sit at Yahweh’s right hand is to have the highest possible authority and honour short of usurpation” (Page 36)

Product Details

• Title: The Psalms in the New Testament
• Authors: Steve Moyise, Maarten J. J. Menken
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 2004
• Logos Release Date: 2008
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Psalms › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. › Relation to Psalms; Bible. O.T. Psalms › Relation to the New Testament
• ISBNs: 9780567089137, 0567089134
• Resource ID: LLS:PSALMSINNEWT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:28:22Z