Psalm 101 : inaugural address or social code of conduct?

Botha, Philippus Jacobus

dc.contributor.author	Botha, Philippus Jacobus
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-19T09:56:33Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-19T09:56:33Z
dc.date.issued	2004
dc.description.abstract	The article presents a literary and social-scientific analysis of the text of Psalm 101. The ideological purpose of the text seems to have been more than a mere declaration of intent made by someone about to ascend the throne. It also seems to have provided a code of conduct for an in-group of Yahweh worshippers, perhaps particularly so at a later stage of its usage. It uses royal and divine authority to demarcate the boundaries of that group and to establish a religious and social ethos for its members. Moral wholeness and social and religious integrity seem to have been the ideal characteristics of a member of this group of people whose existence is vindicated through this psalm.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Botha, PJ 2004, 'Psalm 101: inaugural address or social code of conduct?', HTS Theological Studies/Teologiese Studies, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 725-741. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_hervorm.html]	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0259-9422
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/11024
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria	en_US
dc.rights	Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria	en_US
dc.subject	Psalm 101	en_US
dc.subject	Inaugural address	en_US
dc.subject	Code of conduct	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Bible -- O.T. -- Psalms CI -- Social scientific criticism	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Social groups	en
dc.title	Psalm 101 : inaugural address or social code of conduct?	en
dc.type	Article	en