Yahweh as refuge and the editing of the Hebrew psalter / Jerome F.D. Creach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Creach, Jerome F. D. (Jerome Frederick Davis), 1962-

Series:

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 217

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Judaism)--Attributes.

God (Judaism).

Refuge (Humanitarian assistance)--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Refuge (Humanitarian assistance).

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Ya

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 CHOOSING YAHWEH AS REFUGE: THE HĀSÂ WORDFIELD; Chapter 3 'YAHWEH IS MY REFUGE': THE DEVELOPMENT OF A METAPHOR; Chapter 4 YAHWEH AS REFUGE AND THE PRESENT FORM OF THE PSALTER; Chapter 5 YAHWEH AS REFUGE AND THE FORMATION OF THE PSALTER; Chapter 6 CONCLUSION; Appendix A: DISTRIBUTION OF THE HĀSÂ FIELD; Appendix B: THE RIGHTEOUS COMMUNITY: DISTRIBUTION OF TERMS; Select Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-144) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611813819

9781281813817

1281813818

9780567571373

0567571378

OCLC:

287109951