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The Shepherd Motif in the Psalter
… the use of the shepherd metaphor in the Psalter. In keeping<br/>with its use elsewhere in the ANE, it was found to have strongly royal overtones. It is<br/>principally used in descriptions of Israel's God. Less frequently, it is applied to undershepherds<br/>such as Moses, Aaron and …
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The Semantics of צרר Lexemes in the Hebrew Psalter
… a previously-unnoticed generic subgroup in the Psalter. Chapter 1 discusses methodology, particularly with respect to the structural and cognitive linguistic principles used throughout the study. Part of chapter 1 discusses the concept of “genre,” incorporating both Louis Hjelmslev’s mid-20th …
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The 1583 Psalter of Paschal De L'estocart: A critical edition
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Davidic Hope in Book IV of the Psalter (Psalms 90-106)
… argues that Book IV of the canonical Hebrew Psalter (Pss 90–106) sustains the hope that God will keep his covenant with David by installing a future king from David’s line. Chapter 1 introduces the debate, states the thesis, surveys the history of psalmic interpretation, and summarizes recent …
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The psalmist in the Psalm : a persona-critical reading of Book IV of the Psalter.
… and theological reading of Book IV of the Psalter, a reading that is informed by the theory of the literary persona, as well as canonical-critical approaches to the Book of Psalms. This project argues that the speaker or speakers in a psalm are properly identified as literary personae, and …
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Memoria, meditatio, and the margins : marginalia as loci of ethical cultivation in the Macclesfield Psalter
… that the marginal hybrids in the Macclesfield Psalter functioned as loci of ethical cultivation. The marginal hybrids, I contend, functioned on three levels. On the practical level, they served as aides-mémoire, playing a critical role in the overall visual system of the manuscript and its …
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PSALM 63: A STUDY OF ITS IMAGERY AND THEOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PSALTER
… its imagery and theology in the context of the Psalter. Psalm 63 is one of the most captivating poems in the Hebrew Bible. The longing for the presence of God is a dominant theme of this psalm, which the psalmist visualises by the extensive usage of figurative language. The study undertakes an …
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Hope for a Davidic king in the Psalter's utopian vision
Despite increasing scholarly consensus that the Psalter is a carefully organised collection, there remains debate concerning the message of such a collection. This dissertation seeks to further refine the scholarly discussion concerning the shape of the Psalter, specifically by addressing the issue …
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The rhetoric of reflection : Hebrew roots of cognition and the final form of the masoretic text of the Psalter.
… Wilson's seminal work The Editing of the Hebrew Psalter. This stream of research has considered the Psalter in its final form as an intentionally arranged collection that resolves the existential crisis caused by the displacement of the Exile by promoting YHWH as king in place of the failed, …
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Moses, David and the High Kingship of Yahweh: A Canonical Study of Book IV of the Psalter
… the canonical arrangement of the Old Testament Psalter and its overall message. It does so by examining Book IV and its function within the whole of the psalms. By examining Psalms 90-106 in their literary context, the psalm book’s overall theological and thematic message is discussed, and the …
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New senses and formations in Old English glosses and translations, with particular reference to the psalter and the gospels
… collected from the first fifty psalms of three psalter texts and Matthew I–XXV from three gospel texts. The psalter texts comprise the gloss on The Vespasian Psalter, the gloss on The Regius Psalter, and the prose translation in The Paris Psalter. The gospel texts comprise the gloss on The …
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Psalm 108’s Canonical Placement and Use of Earlier Psalms
… and its canonical placement in Book V of the Psalter. Chapter 1 presents this study’s thesis along with three undergirding assumptions: (1) the Psalter is a book; (2) individual psalms should be read in sequence; and (3) the Psalter progressively tells a story along redemptive-historical …
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Die Christologie van die Psalter binne die konteks van die koningspsalms? : ‘n praktiese toespitsing op Psalms 45 en 110 (Afrikaans)
AFRIKAANS:By die interpretasie van tekste moet die historiese en kultiese Sitze im Leben waarbinne hierdie tekste ontstaan en oorgelewer is in ag geneem word. Ou-Testamentiese tekste het elkeen ’n selfstandige betekenis wat nie van ander tekste afhanklik is om betekenis te kry nie. Hiervolgens …
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The Literary Structure of the Fifth Book of the Hebrew Psalter: A Structural Analysis and Canonical Reading of Psalms 107–150
… maintains that the fifth book of the Hebrew Psalter subdivides into three sections, each of which portray the coming Davidic King from a different angle in order to present a three-dimensional messianic portrait. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of this study by overviewing Psalms scholarship, …
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"Sed rudibus et indoctis" : women, orthodoxy, and the Rosebery Rolle Manuscript.
… Hermit of Hampole. It asserts that Rolle's Prose Psalter was compiled specifically for a woman's private devotion and thus sheds light on both the authors and the readers of the growing devotional movement in late medieval England. Furthermore, by contextualizing Rolle's work within this …
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The Last Patron of Tintern Abbey: The Family and Piety of Roger Bigod
… Roger is the original owner of the Gorleston Psalter, on the basis that several coats of arms in it belong to his extended family; the arms found in the psalter provide evidence linking his religious piety to a sense of family commitment and loyalty. The study finds that Roger went beyond the …
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The Historical Superscriptions of Davidic Psalms: An Exegetical, Intertextual, and Methodological Analysis
… thirteen Davidic h/ss and their psalms in the Psalter, as well as the role of David expressed in them reveals the nature of their origin, authorship, structural function, and theological import. While their historicity forms a large part of the discussion, at its core is the question of …
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The Function of 'Hope' as a Lexical and Theological Keyword in the Psalter: A Structural-Theological Study of Five Psalms (PSS 42-43, 52, 62, 69, 71) within their Final Shape Context (Pss 42-72)
<p>The shape and message of the Psalter has been of central interest for many Old Testament scholars during the last thirty years. At the core of shape scholarship stands the issue of hope. Often this is related to what is commonly considered a major hope-shift in the Psalter, which moves its focus …
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