The Psalms of Asaph and the Pentateuch: Studies in the Psalter, IIIThe Asaph psalms (50, 73-83) are a unity. They often call God 'Elohim' and 'El', and the people 'Joseph', as Amos does; they appeal to Israelite history, the exodus and the covenant; they are written in the face of military catastrophe. In this suggestive and brilliant work, Goulder argues that they were composed in Bethel in the 720s for use as the psalmody for the autumn festival. This gives us vital new evidence for the history of the Pentateuch: there was at Bethel a historical tradition from at least the time of the oppression in Egypt to the Solomonic Empire; the Asaphites took this tradition to Jerusalem and their descendants were the Deuteronomists. |
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The Psalms of Asaph and the Pentateuch: Studies in the Psalter, III Michael D. Goulder Limited preview - 1996 |
The Psalms of Asaph and the Pentateuch: Studies in the Psalter, III Michael D. Goulder No preview available - 1996 |
The Psalms of Asaph and the Pentateuch: Studies in the Psalter, III Michael D. Goulder No preview available - 1996 |
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Aaron Abraham anger Asaph psalms Asaphite Assyrian Benjamin Bethel Canaanite Chron Chronicles commandments covenant cultic David Delitzsch Deut Deuteronomy divine earlier Edom Egypt Egyptian Elohist enemy Ephraim Exile Exod Exodus Ezra feast festal festival genealogy Genesis gloss God's gods Goulder Gunkel Hamath hand Hebrew holy Horeb Hosea Israel Israelite Jacob Jerusalem Joah Joseph Joshua Judah judge king Korah Korah psalms Korahites Kraus lament land later Levites liturgy LORD Massah Merarites Meribah Midian Moses mountain Mowinckel narrative northern Numbers parallel patriarchal Pentateuch plagues Prayers priesthood priestly priests prophet Psalm 50 Psalm 78 Psalm 81 psalmist Psalms of Asaph Psalter recital reference Salem sanctuary Selah Seters seventh century Shechem shrine Sinai Sons of Korah story suggests Temple thee theme thine Thou hast tradents tradition tribes Ugaritic unto verses waters wilderness words worship Yahweh Yahwist Zion