Psalm 44 and the function of lament and protest
Approaching the text with a psychological lens along with historical-critical tools, this essay examines the role of lament and protest in the worship of ancient Israel. Given the nature of the book of Psalms as a worship hymnal, the text reveals praise, thanksgiving and petition alongside with lame...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2007
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2007, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 418-431 |
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| Summary: | Approaching the text with a psychological lens along with historical-critical tools, this essay examines the role of lament and protest in the worship of ancient Israel. Given the nature of the book of Psalms as a worship hymnal, the text reveals praise, thanksgiving and petition alongside with lament and protest. Considering both the cognitive and non-cognitive aspects in humanity's reaching out to God, Psalm 44 exemplifies the function of lament/protest in the context of cognitive behavioural practice and emotive needs on the part of the lamenter/protester. Engaging the text from a culture-context-situatedness perspective, I shall further explicate the effect of this Psalm on its readers. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC85875 |