List of Illustrations ix <p>Series Editors' Preface xi</p> <p>Preface xiii</p> <p>Works Cited xv</p> <p>Introduction: Towards a Reception-History Commentary on the Psalms 1</p> <p><b>1 The Eleventh Century BCE to the Fifth Century CE: Translation, Exposition, Instruction, Liturgy and the Prophetic Bias 5</b></p> <p>Jewish Reception 5</p> <p>From Composition to Compilation to Translation 5</p> <p>Exposition: The Prophetic Bias 9</p> <p>Instruction through Imitations of Psalms 11</p> <p>Christian Reception 13</p> <p>The Psalms as Prophecies in the New Testament 14</p> <p>The Psalms as Prophecies in the Church Fathers 24</p> <p>Alexandrian Commentators 28</p> <p>Liturgical Adaptations of the Psalms 40</p> <p>Christian Liturgy 40</p> <p>Jewish Liturgy 43</p> <p>Concluding Observations 46</p> <p><b>2 The Fifth to Eleventh Centuries: Liturgy, Exposition, Artistic Representation 47</b></p> <p>Christian Reception 47</p> <p>Liturgy 47</p> <p>Exposition, Homily, Translation 55</p> <p>Artistic Representation 62</p> <p>Jewish Reception 68</p> <p>Liturgy 68</p> <p>Translation, Exposition, Homily 71</p> <p>Artistic Representation 75</p> <p>Concluding Observations 75</p> <p><b>3 The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries: Learning and Discerning 77</b></p> <p>Jewish and Christian Controversies through Exegetical Works 77</p> <p>Preliminary Considerations 77</p> <p>Jewish Commentators 82</p> <p>Christian Commentators 87</p> <p>Christian and Jewish Artists 95</p> <p>Christian Illumination 95</p> <p>Jewish Illumination 104</p> <p>Christian and Jewish Didactic Works 113</p> <p>Christian Writers 113</p> <p>Jewish Writers 117</p> <p>Christian and Jewish Liturgy 120</p> <p>Christian Adaptations 120</p> <p>Jewish Adaptations 123</p> <p>Translation in Christian Tradition 123</p> <p>Concluding Observations 130</p> <p><b>4 The Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries: Democratization and Dissemination 131</b></p> <p>Reception as Translation: Christian Responses 131</p> <p>Commentary, Liturgy, Homily and Translation on the Continent 131</p> <p>Liturgy, Homily and Translation in England and Scotland 146</p> <p>Reception as Aesthetic Representation: Jewish and Christian Responses 163</p> <p>Jewish Reception through Art and Music 163</p> <p>Christian Reception through Art, Literary Imitation and Music 166</p> <p>Concluding Observations 190</p> <p><b>5 The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Secularization and Revitalization 192</b></p> <p>Christian Responses 194</p> <p>Exegetical Works 194</p> <p>Devotional Works 203</p> <p>Musical Reception 220</p> <p>Reception through Liturgy 228</p> <p>Translations of Psalmody 230</p> <p>Jewish Responses 234</p> <p>Reception as Translation and Liturgy 234</p> <p>Reception as Homily and Exegesis 237</p> <p>Aesthetic Responses 239</p> <p>Concluding Observations 240</p> <p><b>6 The Twentieth to Twenty-First Centuries: Pluralism and Ecumenism 242</b></p> <p>Christian and Jewish Translations of Psalmody 246</p> <p>Liturgy and Psalmody in Christian and Jewish Traditions 254</p> <p>Exegetical Studies, Christian and Jewish 266</p> <p>Devotional Works, Christian and Jewish 282</p> <p>Aesthetic Responses, Christian and Jewish 290</p> <p>Concluding Observations 307</p> <p>Conclusion: From Introduction to Commentary 309</p> <p>Glossary 313</p> <p>References 322</p> <p>Index of Psalms 351</p> <p>Index of Names 361</p> <p>Subject Index 368</p>