Description
Book SynopsisThe 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
Table of Contents
Introduction – Structural Issues and Discussion—A Review – Methodology – The Movements of the Psalms-Groups in Progressive Parallels – Structural Analysis of Movement in Psalms 69–87 – Conclusion.
