The Psychology of Place Attachment and Psalm 1281
The Psychology of Place Attachment confirms the cognitive-emotional bond that humans, since early times, have with a specific place. A material place is not only shaped physically and psychologically/spiritually by its inhabitants, but it in turn also shapes them, as it mediates the meanings ascribe...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
SA ePublications
[2019]
|
| In: |
Old Testament essays
Year: 2019, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 426-443 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Materiality
/ Space
/ Wisdom
/ Jerusalem (Motif)
/ Bible. Psalmen 128
/ Psalms
|
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (doi) Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | The Psychology of Place Attachment confirms the cognitive-emotional bond that humans, since early times, have with a specific place. A material place is not only shaped physically and psychologically/spiritually by its inhabitants, but it in turn also shapes them, as it mediates the meanings ascribed to it through its sensuous presence. Appreciating Ps 128 through the "readerly lens" of place attachment (also as part of the maaalôt-collection and Psalter as a whole), it was found that the poet(s) of this wisdom (-Torah ethical) psalm intuitively grasped the psychological benefits that a place exerts on its inhabitants. The experiences of memory, belonging, positive emotions, privacy and reflection, comfort and security, entertainment and aesthetics are reflected in the psalm. Both the small, intimate household and larger community Zion/Jerusalem, mediate Yahweh's presence and blessing, also as a retributive response to a wise life-style. Zion/Jerusalem and all it encompasses, become the centre of the universe, the place par excellence for a fulfilled life. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2019/v32n2a10 |