Psalm 32: A social-scientific investigation
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This paper identified the root metaphors used in Ps 32 and used these to identify the purpose and strategy of the psalm as a means of communication between its author and its original audience.Abstract:
The article identifies the root metaphors used in Ps 32 and uses these to identify the purpose and strategy of the psalm as a means of communication between its author and its original audience. It argues that the psalm should not be read as a psalm of thanksgiving with wisdom elements, but a wisdom-teaching psalm which replicates a psalm of thanksgiving. The author and/or editors used the composition, which is ascribed to King David, as a means of exhorting members of the in-group in a post-exilic setting in Judah to trust in YHWH and to stay faithful to him. The implied author’s experience of suffering because of pent-up guilt, as well as an authoritative first-person address by YHWH, was used in conjunction with a range of wisdom features by the author to communicate this message to its original audience.read more
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TL;DR: In this paper, the psalm 27 has some unique interpretational difficulties and various ways in which its arrangement of elements has been explained, and it is argued that the structure and contents ofPs 27 become more transparent within this literary context created by the editors of the Psalms.
Essai sur la structure littéraire du Psaume 94
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The Symbolism of Wisdom in Proverbs 1–9
TL;DR: The way of wisdom is revealed to be the journey of life with wisdom as our guide, a mode of traveling through life which Yahweh approves, the foundational order of all creation and more as discussed by the authors.