The Writings

Abstract

The Writings Joel M. LeMon, Marco Benini, Stephen D. Ryan OP, and Christopher T. Begg 2470. [Job] Hoby Randriambola-Ratsimihah, "Wenn ein Mensch stirbt, lebt er dann wieder auf?" Zur Frage einer Jenseitshoffnung im hebräischen und im griechischen Hiobbuch (WMANT 153; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019). Pp. 336. €55. ISBN 978-3-7887-3325-4. This monograph is a slightly revised form of the author's 2017 dissertation, written under Bernd Janowski at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen. The goal of the study is to clarify the importance of the Book of Job (esp. Job 14:14) for scholarly conversations about concepts of the afterlife represented in the OT. After presenting a summary of extant textual witnesses to the Book of Job (Part 1), the main chapters of the book present the author's analysis of relevant texts from the Masoretic (Part 2) and Greek (Part 3) traditions of the Book of Job, using text-critical, genre-historical, literary-critical, and motif-historical methods. The book concludes with a discussion of the importance of the Job tradition for the biblical theology of resurrection.—J.M.L. [End Page 891] 2471. [Psalms] Marco Benini, Liturgische Bibelhermeneutik. Die Heilige Schrift im Horizont des Gottesdienstes (Liturgiewissenschaftliche Quellen und Forschungen 109; Münster: Aschendorff, 2020). Pp. 590. €76. ISBN 978-3-402-11278-6. How does the liturgy celebrate, understand, and convey Scripture? In B.'s first part, significant examples are used to show that the liturgical reading sequence intertextually combines OT and NT readings and psalms. One chapter is dedicated to the Psalms. Prayers and hymns are biblically inspired; rituals like foot-washing re-enact Scripture. This part of the study takes into account the Mass, the (other) sacraments and the Liturgy of the Hours as well as the synagogue liturgy. The second part systematically surveys the various dimensions of a liturgical hermeneutics. In particular, it explores the relationship between the two Testaments and their unity in the paschal mystery. Anamnesis is highlighted as a central category, both in Scripture and the liturgy. The liturgy does not understand Scripture primarily as a document of the past, but rather celebrates it as a contemporary, newly proclaimed "Word of the Lord," as a medium of encounter with God: Scripture is sacramental. B.'s study concludes with proposals for an interdisciplinary discussion between liturgical and biblical scholarship.—M.B. 2472. [Psalms] Marcel Krusche, Göttliches und irdisches Königtum in den Psalmen (FAT 2.109; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019). Pp. xiv + 510. Paper €89. ISBN 978-3-16-157611-9. K.'s 2019 Göttingen dissertation (H. Spieckermann, director) examines the relationship of "divine kingship" (göttliches Königtum) and "human kingship" (menschliches Köningtum) in the Book of Psalms. The first and longest part offers a detailed conceptual study of kingship in nine Psalms: four which speak of divine kingship (Psalms 93, 48, 96, 146), four which speak of human kingship (Psalms 2, 72, 101, 110), and Psalm 89, which speaks of the connection and intertwining of divine and earthly kingship. Briefer consideration is given to other related psalms. Human kingship is most often portrayed as subordinate to but participating in the kingship of Yhwh, mediating and representing it on earth. The shorter second part of K.'s book analyzes the compositional arrangement within the Psalter of psalms about divine kingship and human kingship, developing a diachronic perspective on the development of the Psalter on this basis. In the Book of Psalms, K. concludes, one finds a dialogue between closely related and largely harmonious conceptions of divine and human kingship. The book includes a bibliography and indexes of biblical and ancient references, topics, and authors.—S.D.R. 2473. [Psalm 42/43; "I-sphere"] Sarah Rigert, Die "Ich-Sphäre" des Beters. Eine antropologische Untersuchung zur Selbstreflexion des Beters am Beispiel von Ps 42/43 (FRLANT 275; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020). Pp. 276. $88. ISBN 978-3-526-57136-1. This volume is a revision of R.'s dissertation, directed by Reinhard Achenbach, that was accepted by the Evangelical Theology Faculty of the University of Münster in the winter semester...