ELOHIM WITHIN THE PSALMS

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Andrew Mein is Lecturer in Old Testament at the University of Durham UK.Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently cogeneral editor of the LHBOTS series as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.Terrance Randall Wardlaw Jr. is a linguist and translator with SIL International.Provides an explanation for the use of Elohim within all of the Psalms not just Psalms 4283Holds both canonical texture and diachronic concerns in tensionOffers a theological framework for understanding social and political chaosBroadens readers understanding of the PsalmsTerrance R. Wardlaw Jr. is a Linguist for SIL International based in Thailand.The issue of the socalled Elohistic Psalter has intrigued biblical scholars since the rise of the historicalcritical enterprise. Scholars have attempted to discover why the name Elohim is used almost exclusively within Pss 4283 and in particular they have attempted to identify the historical circumstances which explain this phenomenon. Traditionally an original Yhwh was understood to have been replaced by Elohim. FrankLothar Hossfeld and the late Erich Zenger propose that the use of the title Elohim is theologically motivated and they account for this phenomenon in their redactionhistorical work. Wardlaw here builds upon their work (1) by integrating insights from Dell Hymes William Miles Foley and Susan Niditch with regard to oraltraditional cultures and (2) by following the textlinguistic approach of Eep Talstra and Christof Hardmeier and listening to canonical texture as a faithful witness to Israels religious traditions. Wardlaw proposes that the name Elohim within the Psalms is a theologicallyladen term and that its usage is related to pentateuchal traditions.This book applies insights from ethnopoetics in order to attempt to solve the riddle of the Elohistic Psalter within a canonical framework.List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. Introduction2. Toward A New Hypothesis Regarding the Use of YHWH and Elohim within the Psalter3. A Reading of Elohim within Psalms 1414. A Reading of Elohim within Psalms 42895. A Reading of Elohim within Psalms 901506. ConclusionAppendix: The Meaning of the Name YHWH within the PsalmsBibliographyIndexesHis reading of these Psalms in their canonical form is coherent and persuasive if not comprehensive ... and he has made a valuable contribution to the debate.

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