Psalm 1: Sonant Particles and Parallelism, with Speculation on the Poem’s Scribal Production

Psalm 1 is a poem drawing on a number of "prose particles," which strongly inform its antithetical poetics and worldview. One dimension of this literary construction is the overlooked chiastic "sonant parallelism" between rěšāʿîm ("wicked ones") and the relative "p...

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Main Author: Smith, Mark S. 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Catholic Biblical Association of America 2023
In: The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2023, Volume: 85, Issue: 3, Pages: 402-419
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Psalmen 1 / Poetry (term, motif) (Concept of) / Hebrew language / Hebrew studies
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B tôrâ
B sonant
B particle
B antitheses
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Summary:Psalm 1 is a poem drawing on a number of "prose particles," which strongly inform its antithetical poetics and worldview. One dimension of this literary construction is the overlooked chiastic "sonant parallelism" between rěšāʿîm ("wicked ones") and the relative "prose particle" ʾăšer ("that, which"). Psalm 1’s "prose particles" are further suggestive of the possibility that the psalm originated as a written work, perhaps produced by Levitical scribes as a tôrâ-introduction to the Psalter.
ISSN:2163-2529
Contains:Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly