Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1.0. Introduction to the Study
  • 1.1. Book 5 in Recent Scholarship
  • 1.2. Foreign Nations as the Enemies in the Psalter
  • 1.3. Summary
  • 2.0. Introduction
  • 2.1. Cyrus and the Origins of an Empire
  • 2.2. Timeless Attitudes in the Achaemenid Imperial Ideology
  • 2.3. Dissemination of Imperial Ideology
  • 2.4. Conclusion
  • 3.0. Introduction
  • 3.1. Psalm 107
  • 3.2. Psalms 108-110: The Opening Davidic Collection
  • 3.3. Hallel Psalms
  • 3.4. Conclusion
  • 4.0. Introduction
  • 4.1. Psalms of Ascents
  • 4.2. Psalm 137: Recalling the Power of Empire
  • 4.3. Psalms within the Final Davidic Collection
  • 4.4. Conclusion
  • 5.0. Introduction
  • 5.1. Chief Tenets of Zion Theology and the Notion of Power
  • 5.2. Yahweh as the God of Heaven
  • 5.3. Hand of Yahweh and the Nearness of God
  • 5.4. Role of Zion in Book 5
  • 5.5. Psalm 143 and the Kingship of Yahweh
  • 5.6. Conclusion
  • 6.0. Introduction
  • 6.1. Rejection of Human Power as the Source of Deliverance
  • 6.2. Theology of the Poor in Book 5
  • 6.3. Conclusion: The Poor Servant and Its Implications
  • 7.0. Introduction
  • 7.1. Psalms 146-150: An Extension of Themes
  • 7.2. Conclusion.