“May My Musings Please Him” (Psalm 104:34): On the Transformation of Inner Self-Awareness in Wisdom Psalms

Hartenstein, Friedhelm; Newsom, Carol Ann

doi:10.1163/15685179-bja10030

“May My Musings Please Him” (Psalm 104:34): On the Transformation of Inner Self-Awareness in Wisdom Psalms

Abstract This article examines the use of the verbs of “meditation” śyḥ and hgh and the corresponding nouns, especially in the Psalms and the Hodayot. Focusing on “meditation” sheds light on the constitution and transformation of an inner self-awareness in Judaism during the Second Temple period. In...

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Subtitles:	Special Issue: Formation of the Subject$dEssays in Honor of Carol Newsom’s 70th Birthday
Main Author:	Hartenstein, Friedhelm 1960- (Author)
Contributors:	Newsom, Carol Ann 1950- (Honoree)
Format:	Electronic Article
Language:	English
Check availability:	HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:	Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published:	2021
In:	Dead Sea discoveries Year: 2021, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 299-340
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:	B Psalms / Meditation / hgh / Hodayot (Qumran Scrolls) / tôdah / Tradition / Criticism / Self-observation / Memory / Individual / Collective / Identity / Narrativity / Practice / Scribe / Culture
IxTheo Classification:	HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:	B Todah B Hodayot B Hebrew verbs of “meditation” (śyḥ and hgh) B criticism and appropriation of tradition B Festschrift B Remembrance B Bibel. Psalmen, 104,34 B practices of scribal culture B introspective self B Psalms B individual and collective B responsive self B Narrative Identity B Newsom, Carol Ann 1950-
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