Wardlaw, Terrance Randall, 1973-

Elohim within the Psalms : petitioning the creator to order chaos in oral-derived literature / Terrance R. Wardlaw, Jr. - London ; New York : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xv, 190 pages) - Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 602 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

"The issue of the so-called Elohistic Psalter has intrigued biblical scholars since the rise of the historical-critical enterprise. Scholars have attempted to discover why the name Elohim is used almost exclusively within Pss 42-83, 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 Traditionally, an original Yhwh was understood to have been replaced by Elohim. Frank-Lothar 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 redaction-historical work. Wardlaw here builds upon their work (1) by integrating insights from Dell Hymes, William Miles Foley, and Susan Niditch with regard to oral-traditional cultures, and (2) by following the text-linguistic approach of Eep Talstra and Christof Hardmeier and listening to canonical texture as a faithful witness to Israel's religious traditions. Wardlaw proposes that the name Elohim within the Psalms is a theologically-laden term, and that its usage is related to pentateuchal traditions"--



9780567656575


Bible.--Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


God (Judaism)--Name.


Electronic Books.

BM610 / .E464 2015