Between Sheol and Temple: Motif Structure and Function in the I-Psalms (The Library of Hebrew Bible - Old Testament Studies)

Front Cover......Page 1
Between Sheol and Temple: Motif Structure and Function in the I-Psalms......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 9
1. PSALM 140: INTRODUCTION......Page 10
1. Basic Questions......Page 11
2. The Basic Motifs......Page 28
1. Psalm 84......Page 39
2. Psalm 36......Page 49
a. The Third-person Statements......Page 61
b. The Relationship between Third-person Statements and I-forms......Page 63
c. The Application of the Paradigm in Psalm 118 related to 2 Kings 20 and Isaiah 38......Page 66
1. The Psalm as a Whole......Page 76
2. Verses 2-5......Page 83
3. Verses 7-11......Page 87
4. Psalm 43.1-4......Page 93
a. The Motif Structure......Page 96
b. The Motif Structure as Narrative in 1 Kings 19.1-18 (Exodus 33.18ff.) and Exodus 14 and 15......Page 102
a. The Psalm as a Whole......Page 120
b. Verses 1-6......Page 122
c. Verses 7-14......Page 127
d. Conclusions......Page 132
a. The Psalm as a Whole......Page 144
b. The Self-Qualifications......Page 148
c. The Prayers......Page 157
d. Conclusions......Page 159
1. The Psalm as a Whole......Page 164
2. The Paradigm (Verses 5-7, 12-13)......Page 169
3. The Actualization of the Paradigm (Verses 3b-8, 10 and 11)......Page 175
4. The Prayers (Verses 9-11)......Page 181
a. The Basic Structure......Page 184
b. The Relationship of Text to Ritual Practice......Page 188
c. The I and the Enemies: Internalization of the Conflict......Page 193
d. The Evil in the Temple: Numbers 16, 12, 2 Chronicles 26.16-21......Page 198
e. Temple and Anti-Temple: Exodus 32......Page 217
f. Conclusions......Page 239
1. Formal Character......Page 244
a. Verses 2-3, 6-8......Page 246
b. Verses 4-5......Page 248
c. Verses 9-13......Page 249
2. The Application of the Motif Structure in Psalm 62: Dwelling in the Temple as a State of Religious Being......Page 254
3. The Motif Structure as a Language of Religious Experience......Page 259
4. Confession in Crisis......Page 263
5. The Way to Confession (Psalm 73)......Page 268
SUMMARY......Page 282
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 289
INDEX OF REFERENCES......Page 299
INDEX OF AUTHORS......Page 313
Back Matter: JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Supplement Series......Page 316