TY - BOOK AU - Starbuck,Scott R.A. TI - Court oracles in the Psalms: the so-called Royal Psalms in their ancient Near Eastern context T2 - Society of Biblical Literature dissertation series SN - 0884140008 AV - BS 1445.M4 S73.1999 PY - 1999/// CY - Atlanta, Ga. PB - Scholars Press KW - Bible KW - Psalms KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Biblia KW - Salmos - KW - Crítica, interpretación, etc KW - Royal Psalms KW - Salmos reales N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; Introduction -- State of the question -- The longevity of royal endowment -- Historical-ideological context -- Theological context -- Scope and aim of the study -- 1. Selected review of scholarly positions -- A. Limits of the review -- B. Descriptive and formal identification of royal Psalms -- Interpretation of the Psalms within their historical period of origin -- Hermann Gunkel and Gattungsgeschichte -- C. Royal Psalms as scripts of the corporate representative -- Sigmund Mowinckel and cult-functional interpretation -- Royal Psalms: The liturgical voice of the divine king -- The problems of categorization in light of sacral kingship -- The first person persona as characteristic of Royal Psalms -- D. Royal Psalms as canonically purposive -- Royal Psalms as the Psalter's seams -- The role of Royal Psalms within Psalter collections -- E. Evaluation; 2. The Royal Psalms reconsidered within the wider context of the ancient Near East -- A. The omission of personal and regnal names in the Royal Psalms -- B. Regnal and personal names in comparative materials -- Sumero-Akkadian texts -- Hittite texts -- Egyptian texts -- Royal Psalms versus Royal Hymns and prayers -- The reappropriation of Royal Hymns and prayers as stock liturgy -- The reappropriation of Royal Hymns and prayers in the ancient Near East -- The reappropriation of Psalm 20:1-7 -- C. Evaluation -- D. Summary; 3. The singularity of the Royal Psalms -- A. The editorial handling of Royal Psalms -- Royal Hymns and prayers listed in Mesopotamian incipit catalogues -- The Royal Psalms and the formation of the Hebrew Psalter -- B. The precanonical history of the non-oracular Royal Psalms -- Psalm 45 -- Psalm 18 -- Psalm 20 -- Psalm 21 -- Psalm 72 -- Psalm 101 -- Psalm 144 -- C. Evaluation; 4. The recontextualization of Royal oracles -- A. Oracular Royal Psalms -- Psalm 132 -- Psalm 89 -- Excursus: The preservation of Royal oracles prior to the canonical collection -- Psalm 110 -- Psalm 2 -- B. Isaiah 8:23-9:6 -- C. 2 Samuel 23:1b-7 -- Text -- Translation -- Structural analysis -- Ideological horizon -- Historical occasion -- Evaluation -- D. Psalm 91 -- The protection of the Palmist -- The divine grant -- The Psalmist's location and patronage -- E. Evaluation ER -