Patterns of Movement in the Hebrew Psalter
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Patterns of Movement in the Hebrew Psalter

A Holistic Thematic Approach with an Exemplar, Psalms 6987

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Patterns of Movement in the Hebrew Psalter

A Holistic Thematic Approach with an Exemplar, Psalms 6987

About this book

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 demonstrates 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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Tables
  5. Editor’s Preface
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. List of Abbreviations
  9. 1. Introduction
  10. 2. Structural Issues and Discussion—A Review
  11. 3. Methodology
  12. 4. The Movements of the Psalms-Groups in Progressive Parallels
  13. 5. Structural Analysis of Movements in Psalms 69–87
  14. 6. Conclusion
  15. Appendix: An Analysis of theArrangement of 11QPsa forComparison with That ofthe Hebrew Psalter (MT)
  16. Index of Biblical References
  17. Index of Other Materials
  18. Index of Key Words &Subjects