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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821806003321

Autore

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

Titolo

Yahweh as refuge and the editing of the Hebrew psalter [[electronic resource] /] / Jerome F.D. Creach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996

ISBN

1-281-81381-8

9786611813819

0-567-57137-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

223.206

223/.2066

Soggetti

God (Judaism) - Attributes

Refuge - Religious aspects - Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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