Intertextuality and the interpretation of Psalm 1
| dc.contributor.author | Botha, Philippus Jacobus | |
| dc.contributor.email | phil.botha@up.ac.za | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-08-14T07:19:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-08-14T07:19:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The meaning of the word ‘Torah’ in Psalm 1:2 is investigated in the light of the intratextual context of Psalm 1 itself and in the light of intertextual connections of this psalm with Joshua 1, Jeremiah 17, Psalms 52 and 92, Job 8, Ezekiel 47, and 1 Chronicles 22. It is contended that ‘Torah’ in Psalm 1:2 refers to the Mosaic Torah rather than to the Psalter itself. The Torah of Moses is depicted in Psalm 1 as a guide on the road of life to the presence of Yahweh, symbolised by a paradise-like temple garden. The mutual connections of Psalm 1 and 1 Chronicles 22 with Joshua 1 might suggest that Psalm 1 was intended as an introduction to the first three books of the Psalter in the first place. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Botha, PJ 2005, 'Intertextuality and the interpretation of Psalm 1', Old Testament Essays, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 503-520. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_oldtest.html] | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1010-9919 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/10987 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Old Testament Society of South Africa | en_US |
| dc.rights | Old Testament Society of South Africa | en_US |
| dc.subject | Psalm 1 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Intertextuality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Torah | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Bible -- O.T. -- Psalms I -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. | en |
| dc.title | Intertextuality and the interpretation of Psalm 1 | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |