How Does Declaisse-Walford Use The Hebrew Psalter?

For a thousand years the Western world has looked toward the Bible as a work of sacred history and the foundational account of the development of the Jewish people. While Alter does not completely reject the historicity of the Bible, he sees it as secondary; rather, in Alter 's view, the authors of the Bible developed a form of “prose fiction in order to tell the revolutionary tale of monotheistic revelation contained within its pages.” Chapter by chapter Alter makes clear the various literary methods and techniques employed by the Biblical authors, including narration, repetition, parallelism, analogy and direct dialogue. By learning to uncover the inherently literary nature of the Bible, Alter hopes to reach a greater understanding of Biblical narrative, and, in

Briggs, Charles A. and Emilie G. Briggs. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms. The International Critical Commentary, vol. 10. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark International, 1907.

In this chapter (7) the main focus is a group of Palestinian Jewish people in the era between 323-63 B.C.E. The problem at the forefront of these people’s minds was the influence and thereupon the challenge of Hellenism (pp. 95). In other words, the Greek and Hellenistic leaders were forcing the Jewish people to perform an array of acts against that of which they believed. However, these individuals collaborated an abundance of biblical canonized and non-canonized documents that were later found and referred to as the “Dead Sea Scrolls” (pp. 98-99). However, this finding helps academics learn more about how this group used the Psalms. I am intrigued that through all of the persecution this community endured, they still involved themselves in the Thanksgiving Psalms. The biblical Psalms had deep influence on some fresh hymns composed within the community: the so-called Thanksgiving Hymns” (pp. 106). This indeed portrays the deep spirituality and Godly discipline these people had through times of disorientation.

The rest of the psalm, “explains how God fulfills the role of a good shepherd”, unlike the kings in the past. (McCann 767).

Psalms is the biggest book of the Old Testament. It is rich with many wonderful teachings along with love and praise for God. The pages are bound with every type of emotion from grief to elated worship. Anyone from any culture, race, or section of society can find common ground with at least one psalm. We can also use the Psalms in many different situations whether that be for a community of people or for ourselves. The book Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings explains this on page 579, “The psalms have remained a central fixture for corporate worship and private devotion over the centuries. Readers have been enamored by their poetic language, rich imagery and stark honesty.” Moreover, there are many different genres

The entire thematic story of the Psalter is a story of the Lordship of Yahweh; that He alone is God, and He alone deserves all praise and honor and devotion. This belief is highlighted nearly immediately in the Psalter with Psalm 2:4-6 declaring that God is the

Another important role that the Psalter plays is a prayer manual. This characteristic I have found to love. The book of Psalms is unlike any book found in the Bible because each are personal messages to God. The Psalms have prayers ranging from all different types of emotions and actions: sadness, anger, joy, lament, praise, and worship to name a few. Personally, I have been able to widen my prayer life with the array of descriptive prayers found throughout the book of Psalms.

I continued my study in pursuit of the doctoral degree in Biblical Studies by reading the text, Encountering the Old Testament. Little did I know when I began reading this text that it would so completely satisfy two of my greatest pleasures; studying the Word of God and studying people’s history.

Goulder's thesis is that these psalms originated in northern Israel at the sanctuary of Dan where they were related to the liturgy of the annual Festival of Tabernacles in the month. Such evidence as they now contain of a setting in Jerusalem is because they were transferred there and edited after the fall of the Northern Kingdom in 722 BC. Two phases in the history of the collection in northern Israel are discerned. In a first stage (ninth century) Ps. 84 (a pilgrim psalm) marked the arrival of worshippers, and Ps. 85 (a national lament) marked the first day, 14th

This psalm lacks some important poetic features that are normally used in a literary and poetic work. There is a lack of symmetry, of word pairing, of chiastic patterns, and of figure. Despite the absence of these common literary and poetic devices, there is still the presence of poetic imagery shown in some verses for example the image of a shepherd looking out for his flock in verse one. This psalm also contains semantic coherence, and terseness of style. Even though this psalm is different from other psalms, in overall in contains a good use of literary and poetic devices that are important in a poem.

This work analyses the four named books and looks at the recipient of the letters as the main characters. It also looks at the type of rhetoric speech used in each letter and uses citations from the Bible to support the arguments.

Psalm 119 is by far the longest poem in the Psalter and the longest chapter in Scripture. It is also the most intricate with regard to structure. The format of Psalm 119 is an alphabetic acrostic, meaning that the first letters of each line in Hebrew follow through the alphabet, 8 lines per letter, thus 8 lines x 22 letters in Hebrew = 176 lines. One message of this psalm is that we are to live a lifestyle that demonstrates obedience to the Lord, who is a God of order that is the acrostic structure not of chaos. The psalm opens with two beatitudes. “Blessed” are those whose ways are blameless, who live according to God’s law, who keep His statutes and seek Him with all their heart.

The book of Psalms ("praises") is wisdom literature in hymn form. The Psalms are 150 sacred songs, composed for the greater part by David or during his reign,

Psalms begins with many metaphors. The Lord continues to make covenants with prophets on Earth. Psalms are very short; they are pretty straightforward, unlike many of the other chapters of the Bible. The Lord continues to listen to his people as they ask for his forgiveness and pity. Sacrifices are made for the Lord to show their worshipping ways. Psalms continues in a happy uplifting tone, where the people continue to ask for forgiveness because the people have finally praised God the way God always wanted them to. The Lord accepts the prays of his people and grants them with forgiveness. The assembly of the people was gathered and judged by their righteous God, not allowing men to repent against God. God, honoring the people who admire

This paper will be a textual analysis on Psalms 15. It will look at the historical context and genre. In addition, we will see if there are any contemporary expressions and/or uses for the psalm in today’s world. Finally, we will look at the literary features and technical elements on this poetic Psalm. After reading this hopefully you will have a better understanding of Psalms 15. Let’s begin by looking at the history behind Psalms 15.