When the earth moves under your feet: Images of overcoming persecution in the Book of Psalms
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When the earth moves under your feet : Images of overcoming persecution in the Book of Psalms. / Holst, Søren.
I: Nordisk Judaistik, Bind 29, Nr. 1, 29.05.2018, s. 14-24.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - When the earth moves under your feet
T2 - Images of overcoming persecution in the Book of Psalms
AU - Holst, Søren
PY - 2018/5/29
Y1 - 2018/5/29
N2 - The article explores the overcoming of evil in the biblical Book of Psalms, taking as its point of departure the so-called ‘sudden change of mood’ in the individual psalms of lamentation, where a psalmist proceeds from complaint to grateful praise with no obvious explanation. Previous and more recent attempts at explanation are introduced, one of them the work of Jakob Wöhrle, pointing out that lament and praise correspond to two separate aspects of God, as ‘hidden’ and ‘saving’ respectively. It is suggested that these aspects should not be seen as equally fundamental: applying insights from Jon D. Levenson and Hans J. Lundager Jensen, it is argued that the psalmist’s transition from despair to contentment reflects the assumption that evil is an external threat to the created order, not an aspect of the creator himself. This is further illustrated by the metaphorical use of the word mot, ‘to stagger’, in the Book of Psalms.
AB - The article explores the overcoming of evil in the biblical Book of Psalms, taking as its point of departure the so-called ‘sudden change of mood’ in the individual psalms of lamentation, where a psalmist proceeds from complaint to grateful praise with no obvious explanation. Previous and more recent attempts at explanation are introduced, one of them the work of Jakob Wöhrle, pointing out that lament and praise correspond to two separate aspects of God, as ‘hidden’ and ‘saving’ respectively. It is suggested that these aspects should not be seen as equally fundamental: applying insights from Jon D. Levenson and Hans J. Lundager Jensen, it is argued that the psalmist’s transition from despair to contentment reflects the assumption that evil is an external threat to the created order, not an aspect of the creator himself. This is further illustrated by the metaphorical use of the word mot, ‘to stagger’, in the Book of Psalms.
KW - Faculty of Theology
KW - Psalms studies
KW - Suffering
KW - Cosmology
KW - Psalms studies
KW - Suffering
KW - Cosmology
U2 - 10.30752/nj.67675
DO - 10.30752/nj.67675
M3 - Journal article
VL - 29
SP - 14
EP - 24
JO - Nordisk Judaistik
JF - Nordisk Judaistik
SN - 0348-1646
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 196948063