Poetry and perlocution in Psalm 26

dc.contributor.authorBotha, Philippus Jacobus
dc.contributor.emailphil.botha@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-30T06:42:26Z
dc.date.available2011-05-30T06:42:26Z
dc.date.issued2011-01
dc.description.abstractPsalm 26 has been described as a late pre-exilic prayer of innocence. In it a speaker professes innocence, invites Yahweh to put him to the test, and expresses dissociation from certain groups of people who behave unethically. In contrast to this type of behaviour, the speaker expresses a strong desire to visit the temple in order to praise Yahweh among co-believers. This article investigates its po-etic and literary features and speech-act potential. Its form and the connections it displays with the work of the post-exilic wisdom edi-tors of Psalms and the Deuteronomistic works are used to argue that it is an argumentative text rather than a liturgical remnant. Its purpose seems to have been to inspire members of the post-exilic in-group of the author to imitate David and Hezekiah in their whole-hearted dedication to Yahweh, since Yahweh would eventually vin-dicate their uprightness.en
dc.identifier.citationBotha, PJ 2011, 'Poetry and perlocution in Psalm 26', Old Testament Essays, vol. 24, no. 1, pp.30-48. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_oldtest.html]en
dc.identifier.issn1010-9919
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/16657
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOld Testament Society of South Africaen_US
dc.rightsOld Testament Society of South Africaen_US
dc.subjectPoetry in the Bibleen
dc.subjectInnocenceen
dc.subjectYahweh-faithen
dc.subjectPre-exilic prayersen
dc.subjectPost-exilic wisdomen
dc.subjectPsalm 26en
dc.subjectDeuteronomistic worksen
dc.subject.lcshBible -- O.T. -- Psalms XXVI -- Criticism, textualen
dc.titlePoetry and perlocution in Psalm 26en
dc.typeArticleen

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