Elisabet Nord

Vindicating Vengeance and Violence?

Commentary Approaches to Cursing Psalms and their Relevance for Liturgy

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Elisabet Nord identifies three popular hermeneutical approaches often applied to cursing psalms (including the preconceived notions that they rely upon) and develops ways to interpret and navigate such psalms and their use in liturgies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 632g
• ISBN-13: 9781978715752
• ISBN-10: 1978715757
• Artikelnr.: 68887929

Autorenporträt

By Elisabet Nord

Inhaltsangabe

1. Point of Departure Part 1: Pursuing Generic Approaches 2. Psalm 137 2. 1. Approaching the Text 2. 2. Identifying the Strategies 2. 2. 1. Commentaries on the Call for Retribution 2. 2. 2. Commentaries on the Call for Violence 2. 2. 3. Mitigating Response to the Psalm in General 2. 3. Generic Approaches Applicable to Ps 137 2. 3. 1. A Prayer that Submits Vengeance to God 2. 3. 2. Figurative Language 2. 3. 3. A Cry from Below 2. 3. 4. A Longing for Justice 3. Psalm 58 3. 1. Approaching the Text 3. 2. Identifying the Strategies 3. 2. 1. Commentaries on the Call for Violence (vv. 6-9) 3. 2. 2. Commentaries on the Acclamation of Vengeance (v. 10) 3. 2. 3. Mitigating Responses to the Psalm in General 3. 3. Generic Approaches Applicable to Ps 58 3. 3. 1. More `Justice
than `Vengeance
3. 3. 2. A Cry from Below 3. 3. 3. Cathartic Prayer 3. 3. 4. Figurative Language 4. Psalm 109 4. 1. Approaching the Text 4. 2. Identifying the Strategies 4. 2. 1. Commentary Responses to the Call for Vengeance 4. 2. 2. Commentary Responses to the Call for Violence 4. 2. 3. Mitigating Responses to the Psalm in General 4. 3. Generic Approaches Applicable to Ps 109 4. 3. 1. Not a Psalm of Vengeance but of `Justice
4. 3. 2. Words with Cathartic Effect 4. 3. 3. A Cry from Below 5. Psalm 139 5. 1. Approaching the Text 5. 2. Identifying the Strategies 5. 2. 1. Mitigating Responses to the Psalm in General 5. 2. 2. Commentaries on the Call for Violence (vv. 19-20) 5. 2. 3. Commentaries on the Call for Hatred (vv. 21-22) 5. 3. Generic Approaches Applicable to Ps 139:19-24 5. 3. 1. A Psalm of `Justice
5. 3. 2. A Cathartic Prayer 5. 3. 3. A Circumstantially Motivated Prayer 6. Patterns in the Exegetical Discourse 6. 1. Popular Hermeneutical Approaches 6. 2. Preparations for Part 2 6. 2. 1. Preconceived Notions Uncovered through a `Meta-commentary
Perspective 6. 2. 2. Pertinence for Liturgy: LOTH as Predominant Example Part 2: Pertinence for Liturgy 7. Psalms of Justice? 7. 1. Substituting `Vengeance
with `Justice
7. 1. 1. Psalms 137 and 58 as Example Texts 7. 2. Philosophical Inputs on the Exegetical Approach 7. 2. 1. Attitudes Towards Revenge, Past and Present 7. 2. 2. Can `Justice
and `Vengeance
be Used Interchangeably? 7. 2. 3. Thick Concepts and Thin Agreements 7. 2. 4. Separating Personal and Impersonal Longings 7. 2. 5. A God of Justice or of Vengeance? Theological Implications 7. 2. 6. Conclusions Based on the Philosophical Excursus 7. 3. Praying `Psalms of Justice
? 7. 3. 1. Prayer as Impersonal Activity? 7. 3. 2. Perhaps a Liturgically Adjusted Translation? 7. 4. The Approach
s Pertinence for Liturgy 8. Psalms for the Poor? 8. 1. Mitigating Psalms from a Circumstantial Perspective 8. 1. 1. Psalm 109 as Example Text 8. 2. The Voice of the Poor 8. 2. 1. The Motif of the Poor and Armenfrömmigkeit in Psalms 8. 2. 2. The Approach
s Pastoral Appeal 8. 2. 3. Defining `Poverty
and the Speaker
s Identity 8. 2. 4. Revisiting Ps 109 8. 2. 5. Conclusions Based on the Exegetical Evaluation 8. 3. Praying `From Below
? Introducing the Performative Perspective 8. 3. 1. Vocalizing Scripture with First-Person Pronouns 8. 3. 2. Psalms as `Appropriation of Speech
8. 3. 3. Praying `From Below
in the Presence or on Behalf of Others 8. 3. 4. Prayer Against a `Faceless
Enemy 8. 3. 5. Conclusions Based on the Liturgical Evaluation 8. 4. The Approach
s Pertinence for Liturgy 9. Psalms for Cathartic Prayer? 9. 1. Psalms as Prospects for Catharsis 9. 1. 1. Psalms 139 and 137 as Example Texts 9. 2. Pastoral and Psychological Assumptions 9. 2. 1. Psalms as `Brutally Honest Prayers
9. 2. 2. Prayer as Means of Letting Go and Holding Back 9. 2. 3. Conclusions Based on the Psychologically Oriented Evaluation 9. 3. Praying Psalms Cathartically? 9. 3. 1. Prayer and Ethical Formation 9. 3. 2. Psalms and the Hermeneutic of Self-Involvement 9. 3. 3. Psalms Revisited as Performative Texts 9. 3. 4. Distinguishing Violent Speech from Violent Action 9. 3. 5. Conclusions Based on the Liturgical Evaluation 9. 4. The Approach
s Pertinence for Liturgy 10: Points of Convergence 10. 1. Problematic Prayers 10. 2. Proposed Solutions 10. 3. Pertinence for Liturgy 10. 4. Preferred Positions and Proposed Improvements 10. 5. Potential Pitfall