Reading Psalm 112 as a "midrash" on Psalm 111

dc.contributor.authorPrinsloo, Gert Thomas Marthinus
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-09T04:50:51Z
dc.date.available2020-03-09T04:50:51Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractPsalms 111 and 112 are “twin” poems displaying similar characteristics such as the superscript הללו יה , an acrostic form, and shared vocabulary. Surprisingly, the shared characteristics are noted, but the poems often interpreted in isolation. Ps 111 is classified as a hymn or a song of thanksgiving and Ps 112 as a wisdom poem. The prominent presence of so-called “wisdom terminology” in Ps 112 plays a major role in its classification, while the presence of similar terminology in Ps 111 is ignored. The present study engages in an intertextual reading of the two poems. They are read as an intentional, artistic literary composition. Following Michael Fishbane’s notion of inner-biblical exegesis, I argue that Ps 112 is an intentional “midrash” on Ps 111, and that the pair should be read as a composition in the context of the late Torah-wisdom redaction of the Psalter in general and Book V of the Psalter in particular.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentAncient Languagesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.co.za/content/journal/oldtesten_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGert T.M. Prinsloo, “Reading Psalm 112 as a ‘Midrash’ on Psalm 111,” Old Testament Essays 32 no. 2 (2019): 636-668. DOI: https://DOI.org/10.17159/2312-3621/2019/v32n2a19.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1010-9919 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2312-3621 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.17159/2312-3621/2019/v32n2a19
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/73666
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherOld Testament Society of South Africaen_ZA
dc.rights© Old Testament Society of South Africa (OTSSA). Article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectPsalm 111en_ZA
dc.subjectPsalm 112en_ZA
dc.subjectTwin psalmsen_ZA
dc.subjectIntertextualityen_ZA
dc.subjectInner-biblical exegesisen_ZA
dc.subjectMidrashen_ZA
dc.subjectLiterary compositionen_ZA
dc.subjectWisdomen_ZA
dc.subjectTorah wisdomen_ZA
dc.subjectPsalter Book Ven_ZA
dc.subjectPersian perioden_ZA
dc.subject.otherHumanities articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.titleReading Psalm 112 as a "midrash" on Psalm 111en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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