Lecture 21 - Biblical Poetry: Psalms and Song of Songs. After a detailed explanation of the requirements for the paper assignment, Professor Hayes turns to the Writings - the third section of the Bible - and considers a recent approach to the study of the Bible, called canonical criticism. The books in this section of the Bible explore various questions associated with suffering and evil.
An example is the book of Ecclesiastes which constitutes a second attack on the optimism and piety of conventional religious thinking. The lecture concludes with a discussion of a number of Psalms, their genre, purpose, and language.
(from oyc.yale.edu)
Lecture 21 - Biblical Poetry: Psalms and Song of Songs
Time
Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00]
1. Remarks for Final Paper
[00:08:37]
2. The Problem of Dating; Canonical Criticism
[00:13:18]
3. The Book of Ecclesiastes
[00:25:52]
4. Introduction to the Book of Psalms
[00:34:40]
5. Themes and Formal Characteristics in the Book of Psalms
References
Lecture 21 - Biblical Poetry: Psalms and Song of Songs
Instructor: Professor Christine Hayes. Handout: Examples and Forms of Psalms [PDF]. Handout: Final Paper Assignment [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov].