Pride and the suffering of the poor in the Persian period : Psalm 12 in its post-exilic context

This paper contends that Ps 12 should be read, as part of the composition Pss 9-14, as a response to and an explication of Prov 30:1-14 by exponents of Wisdom thinking in the Persian period. The suffering of the righteous people in Ps 12 is described as the result of arrogant Jewish and also non-Jew...

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Main Author: Botha, Phil J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: Old Testament essays
Year: 2012, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-56
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