This dissertation explores the presence and function of stories in the Hebrew Psalter. Pushing against a general scholarly trend to focus on the non-narrative aspect of Hebrew poetry, I demonstrate that the book of Psalms does contain stories and that the inclusion of these stories in ancient Israel’s worship texts contributes to the rhetorical power of the psalms in a way that is distinct from other poetic devices such as parallelism and imagery. I begin by building on literary theory and biblical studies of narrative to establish a clear definition of a “story” as a text that includes three or more moments (descriptions of single actions or states in clauses governed by a single verb) linked together in ways that clearly communicates sequ...
Psalms appear irregularly in the narrative and prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible, at Exod 15:...
This thesis contributes to the rethinking of a significant impasse among canonical interpreters of t...
A significant part of the Bible consists of stories. We are aware of this because we know what stori...
Psalms 93-100 function within Book 4 of the Psalter to advance the narrative of YHWH’s kingship over...
This dissertation investigates ways in which early Jewish communities conceptualized the production ...
This dissertation argues that the presence of biblical wisdom motifs in the book of Psalms integrall...
Book V of the Psalter (Pss 107-150) is an interesting collection of psalms. After the opening Ps 10...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206).The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the ...
The Hebrew language of remembering is complex and theologically interesting. The effective, relation...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-293).This dissertation offers a literary and theological...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210).This dissertation asserts that a reader encounterin...
The Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible has been subjected to a variety of approaches over the years....
Psalm studies at the end of the twentieth century bear witness of a major paradigm shift. Recent res...
This paper discusses biblical poetry in relation to the ancient Greek-Latin tradition of lyric poetr...
Thesis (Ph.D. (Old Testament))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.This dissertation ...
Psalms appear irregularly in the narrative and prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible, at Exod 15:...
This thesis contributes to the rethinking of a significant impasse among canonical interpreters of t...
A significant part of the Bible consists of stories. We are aware of this because we know what stori...
Psalms 93-100 function within Book 4 of the Psalter to advance the narrative of YHWH’s kingship over...
This dissertation investigates ways in which early Jewish communities conceptualized the production ...
This dissertation argues that the presence of biblical wisdom motifs in the book of Psalms integrall...
Book V of the Psalter (Pss 107-150) is an interesting collection of psalms. After the opening Ps 10...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206).The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the ...
The Hebrew language of remembering is complex and theologically interesting. The effective, relation...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-293).This dissertation offers a literary and theological...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210).This dissertation asserts that a reader encounterin...
The Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible has been subjected to a variety of approaches over the years....
Psalm studies at the end of the twentieth century bear witness of a major paradigm shift. Recent res...
This paper discusses biblical poetry in relation to the ancient Greek-Latin tradition of lyric poetr...
Thesis (Ph.D. (Old Testament))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.This dissertation ...
Psalms appear irregularly in the narrative and prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible, at Exod 15:...
This thesis contributes to the rethinking of a significant impasse among canonical interpreters of t...
A significant part of the Bible consists of stories. We are aware of this because we know what stori...