Abstract:
Critical spatiality opens avenues to investigate the
transforming power of the authors/redactors of the Hebrew
Bible’s spatial imagination. I read Psalm 107 as a spatial
journey bridging the divide between the desperation of the
exile and the longing of the Psalter’s post-exilic authors/
redactors for Israel’s complete restoration and the universal
adoration of Yhwh. Psalm 107 plays a crucial role in the
transition between Books IV (Pss. 90-106) and V (Pss.
107-145) and acts as a “bridge” between the desperation
of the exile and the call to the universal adoration of Yhwh
in the post-exilic period. Psalm 107 hints at a continuous
transforming spatial journey between present realities and
the longed-for eschatological establishment of a universal,
divine kingdom.
