Elohim within the psalms: petitioning the creator to order chaos in oral-derived literature
"The issue of the so-called Elohistic Psalter has intrigued biblical scholars since the rise of the historical-critical enterprise. Scholars have attempted to discover why the name Elohim is used almost exclusively within Pss 42-83, and in particular they have attempted to identify the historic...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Bloomsbury
2016
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Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies (602)
Year: 2016 |
| Edition: | Paperback edition |
| Series/Journal: | Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies Old Testament studies
602 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Summary: | "The issue of the so-called Elohistic Psalter has intrigued biblical scholars since the rise of the historical-critical enterprise. Scholars have attempted to discover why the name Elohim is used almost exclusively within Pss 42-83, and in particular they have attempted to identify the historical circumstances which explain this phenomenon. Traditionally, an original Yhwh was understood to have been replaced by Elohim. Frank-Lothar Hossfeld and the late Erich Zenger propose that the use of the title Elohim is theologically motivated, and they account for this phenomenon in their redaction-historical work. Wardlaw here builds upon their work (1) by integrating insights from Dell Hymes, William Miles Foley, and Susan Niditch with regard to oral-traditional cultures, and (2) by following the text-linguistic approach of Eep Talstra and Christof Hardmeier and listening to canonical texture as a faithful witness to Israel's religious traditions. Wardlaw proposes that the name Elohim within the Psalms is a theologically-laden term, and that its usage is related to pentateuchal traditions"-- |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: 2015 Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177) and indexes |
| Physical Description: | xv, 190 S., Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-567-66915-5 0-567-66915-7 |
