Psalm 114 as reinterpretation of the exodus during and after the exile

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dc.contributor.authorBosman, Hendrik L.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-07T12:32:51Z
dc.date.available2014-07-07T12:32:51Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionCITATION: Bosman, H. L. 2013. Psalm 114 as reinterpretation of the exodus during and after the exile. Old Testament Essays, 26(3):559-582.
dc.description.abstractPsalm 114:1 provides a unique description of the exodus as an escape from "a people of strange language / a people of foreign tongue / לֺעֵז עַס" and not from slavery. Attention is given to the skilfully composed hymn-like psalm consisting of four strophes of paired synonymous parallel verses as part of the "Egyptian Hallel." An argument is developed that the reinterpretation of the exodus as a rescue from the cultural oppression experienced by exiles and marginalised or subjugated peoples is the result of a creative combination of theological traditions related to YHWH as creator and king. In conclusion suggestions are made about the reason for considering the Judean exile in Babylonia and the subservience of Yehud during the Persian Empire as contexts within which this reinterpretation of the exodus made sense.
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dc.identifier.citationCITATION: Bosman, H. L. 2013. Psalm 114 as reinterpretation of the exodus during and after the exile. Old Testament Essays, 26(3):559-582.
dc.identifier.issn1010-9919 (print)
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2439-8119
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/94689
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOld Testament Society of South Africa
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dc.subject.otherBible Psalmsen_ZA
dc.titlePsalm 114 as reinterpretation of the exodus during and after the exileen_ZA
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