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Constructing and Deconstructing Power in Psalms 107-150.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ancient Israel and Its Literature SeriesPublisher: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781589839748
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Constructing and Deconstructing Power in Psalms 107-150DDC classification:
  • 223.206
LOC classification:
  • BS1430
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Book 5 in the Psalter: An Introduction -- 2. The Achaemenid Dynasty and Imperial Ideology -- 3. Constructing and Deconstructing Power: Part 1 -- 4. Constructing and Deconstructing Power: Part 2 -- 5. Reconstructing Power: Images of Yahweh in Book 5 -- 6. The Identity of the People of God: Deconstructed and Constructed Power -- 7. Conclusion: Book 5 and Imperial Ideology -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.
Summary: Drawing from metaphorical theology, this volume explores how differing visions of powerprinces, kings, and powers or Zion and Jerusalemare constructed and deconstructed in book 5 of the Psalter, and the ways in which psalmody contained an anti-imperial bias.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Book 5 in the Psalter: An Introduction -- 2. The Achaemenid Dynasty and Imperial Ideology -- 3. Constructing and Deconstructing Power: Part 1 -- 4. Constructing and Deconstructing Power: Part 2 -- 5. Reconstructing Power: Images of Yahweh in Book 5 -- 6. The Identity of the People of God: Deconstructed and Constructed Power -- 7. Conclusion: Book 5 and Imperial Ideology -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.

Drawing from metaphorical theology, this volume explores how differing visions of powerprinces, kings, and powers or Zion and Jerusalemare constructed and deconstructed in book 5 of the Psalter, and the ways in which psalmody contained an anti-imperial bias.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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