Remember, O Yahweh : the poetry and context of Psalms 135-137 / James M. Todd.
Publication details: Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 135 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781498218832
- 1498218830
- 223/.2 23
- BS1450 135th .T63 2015eb
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 16, 2015).
Includes bibliographical references.
"One of the major shifts in OT studies over the past half of a century has been the move away from studies dominated by diachronic matters toward more text-immanent, synchronic approaches. In Psalter studies, one can see such a shift on two levels. First, on the level of the individual psalm, there has been a general trend to focus on the literary and linguistic features as the proper means for discerning the meaning of the poem. Second, on the level of the Psalter as a whole, scholars have devoted significant attention to its canonical shape and the role of adjacent psalms in the interpretation of each individual psalm. In Remember, O Yahweh, Todd approaches Psalms 135--137 on both of these levels. After a detailed poetic analysis of each psalm, he proposes that Psalms 135--137 serve as a bridge between the Songs of Ascents (Pss 120--134) and the Last Davidic Psalter (Pss 138--145). As such, this group highlights Yahweh's past acts of deliverance as the basis for the post-exilic community's prayer for Yahweh to remember his people's lowly condition."-- Publisher.
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