Patterns of movement in the Hebrew Psalter: a holistic thematic approach with an exemplar, psalms 69-87

"The author re-examines the movements in the Hebrew Psalter as a whole, "from laments to praises" and "from psalms of individual to those of community," indicated by Westermann (1977) and Gottwald (1985). In general, these movements are widely observable, however, there are...

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Main Author: Choi, Yung Hun 1965- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Bern Berlin Brussels Vienna Oxford Warsaw Peter Lang [2021]
In: Studies in biblical literature (vol. 174)
Year: 2021
Series/Journal:Studies in biblical literature vol. 174
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Psalms / Textual structure / Compounding (Textual linguistics)
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Psalms, LXIX-LXXXVII Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible. Psalms Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible. Psalms Criticism, Form
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Summary:"The author re-examines the movements in the Hebrew Psalter as a whole, "from laments to praises" and "from psalms of individual to those of community," indicated by Westermann (1977) and Gottwald (1985). In general, these movements are widely observable, however, there are some contradictory data upon closer inspection. Namely, some laments are assembled at the end and in fact many psalms of community appear in the middle. This motivated the author to launch a holistic structural study. In this book, the author demonstrated that the movements are not specified in a linear design but a progressive parallel pattern, crossing over the fivefold doxological division. The movements foreshadowed between Psalms 1 and 2 unfold in the specific psalms-groups and in the tripartite division. Each psalms-group exhibits the movements "from distress (lament) through deepest sorrow to joy (praise)," "from individual (through Israel) to nations," "from present/past to future," "from (the city of) Israel through Sheol/death to Zion," "from Mosaic covenant to Davidic one" and "from the flawed human (Davidic) kingship through Messianic to YHWH's kingship." The "answer and certainty" of Psalms 1-2 reappear at the end of each group. A psalms-group, Pss 69-87, was selected as an exemplar to demonstrate the regularity of the movements"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 221-223
ISBN:1433179431
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3726/b17509