Yahweh as refuge and the editing of the Hebrew psalter
By: Jerome F.D. Creach.
Series: Journal for the study of the Old Testament.
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Sheffield, Eng
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781850756019
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Psalms -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Description: The Choice of Yahweh as Refuge makes a unique and creative contribution to an emerging direction in Psalms study: the shape and shaping of the Psalter. Building especially on the work of Gerald Wilson, James Mays, Klaus Seybold and Gerald Sheppard, Creach provides an abundance of helpful data and advances the discussion significantly with his judicious interpretation of the root hsh ('to seek refuge') and related Hebrew roots. He shows that the arrangement of Psalms 2-89 reflects an editorial interest in which ideas expressed by the hsh field are a foil for complaints of being 'cast off' by Yahweh and that ideas expressed by the hsh field are also among the primary motifs in Psalms 90-106. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-144) and indexes.
Revision of author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1993.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 : Introduction.; title: Context of the present thesis; title: Procedure; title: Chapter 2 : Choosing Yahweh as refuge : the Hasa wordfield.; title: Secular meaning of the root, Hsh; title: The Hasa wordfield; title: Grammatical, syntactical, statistical characteristics; title: Functions of Hasa field members; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 3 : Yahweh is my refuge : the development of a metaphor.; title: Refuge as metaphorical language; title: Origins of the metaphor; title: Development of the refuge metaphor; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 4 : Yahweh as refuge and the present form of the Psalter.; title: Psalms 2.12d and 3-41 (David 1); title: Psalm 1; title: Psalms 51-72 (David 2); title: Psalms 42-89; title: Psalms 90-150; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 5 : Yahweh as refuge and the formation of the Psalter.; title: The problem; title: The formation of the Psalter and the Hasa field; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 6 : Conclusion.; title: Implications for the form of the Psalter; title: Implications for the formation of the Psalter; title: The present study and previous research; title: Limitations and suggestions for further research; title: Appendix A : Distribution of the Hasa field; title: Appendix B : The righteous community : distribution of terms