“May My Musings Please Him” (Psalm 104:34): On the Transformation of Inner Self-Awareness in Wisdom Psalms

Updated by: 
Shlomo Brand
Research notes: 
SB/not checked/17/02/2022
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Hartenstein, Friedhelm
year: 
2021
Full title: 

“May My Musings Please Him” (Psalm 104:34): On the Transformation of Inner Self-Awareness in Wisdom Psalms

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Dead Sea Discoveries
Volume: 
28
Issue / Series Volume: 
3
Abbreviated Series Name: 
DSD
Place of Publication: 
Leiden
Publisher: 
Brill
Pages: 
299–340
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

This article examines the use of the verbs of “meditation” śyḥ and hgh and the corresponding nouns, especially in the Psalms and the Hodayot. Focusing on “meditation” sheds light on the constitution and transformation of an inner self-awareness in Judaism during the Second Temple period. In addition, this article draws on insights from historical and philosophical anthropology to support and deepen the argument. The article examines four Psalms groups from the Hebrew Bible and the Hodayot in order to reveal conceptual and terminological continuity as well as a more precise understanding of reflective literary practices in early Jewish scribal culture.

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https://brill.com/view/journals/dsd/28/3/article-p299_3.xml
Label: 
28/02/2022
Record number: 
109 408