Rescued Already? The Significance of yntyn( in Psalm 22,22
The final word in the Masoretic Text of Ps 22,22, ynitfyni(j, has been understood by many commentators to represent a sudden declaration of rescue received. Others, often believing that such an announcement would represent a shift in the progression of the Psalm of excessive awkwardness, have prefer...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2010
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Biblica
Year: 2010, Volume: 91, Issue: 3, Pages: 335-347 |
| Further subjects: | B
Rescue
B Psalms 22,22 B Deliverance B Awkwardness |
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| Summary: | The final word in the Masoretic Text of Ps 22,22, ynitfyni(j, has been understood by many commentators to represent a sudden declaration of rescue received. Others, often believing that such an announcement would represent a shift in the progression of the Psalm of excessive awkwardness, have preferred a variant reading reconstructed from the Septuagint in which such a dramatic transition is absent. Recent proposals regarding the semantics of the qatal form of the Hebrew verb strengthen the case for retaining the MT reading and interpreting it as a precative perfect which reiterates the preceding pleas for deliverance. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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