Stanley E. Porter

Michael D. Goulder

Paul M. Joyce

David E. Orton

The 24 articles in this Festschrift for Michael Goulder, a renowned master of creative exegesis, either deal with questions of method or exemplify the practical investigation of Old and New Testament texts with their wider (cross-boundary) context in mind.

Essays in Biblical Interpretation in Honour of Michael D. Goulder

Crossing the Boundaries

Book V of the Psalter (Psalms 107-150) divides into three, with the Songs of the Ascents (120-134) as the central section, and the first and third units following parallel structures (historical, Davidic, alphabetical, Hallel psalms). The units are all compositions of the Return period: 107-119 for the reconstruction of the Temple, 120-134 for Nehemiah's wall-building, 135-150 for Ezra's mission. Psalms 120-134 follow the episodes of Nehemiah's 'memoir', in order. All three groups show evidence of evening-morning alternation, and were intended for festal use: 107-118 at the Passover of Ezra 6, 120-134 at the Tabernacles of Nehemiah 12, 135-150 at Ezra's Tabernacles (Neh. 8).

Michael D. Goulder

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