scholarly journals Medieval Jewish Exegesis of Psalm 2

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariano Gomez Aranda
Keyword(s):  
Psalm 2

‘Tumult among the Nations’ (Psalm 2:1)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Márkus
Keyword(s):  
Political Identity ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Early National ◽  
Political Structures ◽  
Psalm 2 ◽  
Christian Society

Following the collapse of Roman imperial rule in Britain, a considerable amount of romanitas remained in the local communities: there was some Latin writing and a degree of spoken Latin in some parts of Scotland; a sense among a now Christian society that their faith made them Romani. It is during this period that various polities begin to appear with more clarity. Bede – a hugely important source for our period – offers a picture of Gaels, Britons, Picts and Angles with their own languages and political structures, which he seeks to explain by reference to a ‘migration-and-settlement’ view of ethnogenesis. But closer examination reveals a much more complex, fragmentary and fluid pattern of ethnic and political identity. The chapter traces some of the key conflicts and alliances, defeats and conquests, and the political processes out of which early national entities emerged, and how some of these nations (particularly the Picts) identified themselves. Chief among the transformations of this period is the gradual Gaelicisation of eastern Scotland or Pictland.

scholarly journals Die messiaanse aard van psalms: hoe dit ’n Nuwe-Testamentiese lees, vertaling en omdigting van die psalms raak

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Helberg
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Law ◽  
Psalm 2

The messianic character of the psalms: how it affects a New Testament reading, translation and re-versification of the psalms The 2001 re-versification of the psalms as well as the 1983 translation in Afrikaans is rejected by some, because the messiah is not rendered in capital letters. This article views the matter from the perspective of Psalm 1 and 2 as an introduction which characterises the whole psalter as messianic. This article explores what this means. The relation between Psalm 2 (re kingship) and Psalm 1 (re the Law/Word of Yahweh) is in- vestigated in able to view the “messianic” concept in its real perspective. The same applies to the relation Old Testament- New Testament and expectation-fulfilment. The regenerative character of the fulfilment in Christ as well as its implication for one’s inclination towards one’s neighbour and how it affects that of the psalmists is explored. The conclusion of the article is that to render the messiah in capital letters in the psalms is to bypass the regenerartive fulfilment by Christ and to ignore the implication thereof regarding enemies.

scholarly journals Editorial

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Editorial Office
Keyword(s):  
Psalm 2

Die redaksie bied graag hierdie uitgawe aan. Hierdie uitgawe bevat artikels oor ’n wyse verskeidenheid onderwerpe. Een van ons ou bekende bydraers prof J.L. Helberg (emeritus) skryf oor die messiaanse aard van die psalms en hoe dit die Nuwe Testamentiese lees, vertaling en omdigting van die psalms raak. Hy kom tot die slotsom dat al die psalms in die lig van Psalm 1 en 2 messiaans benader moet word. Hoewel Psalm 2 en die ander psalms messiaans in die Nuwe-Testamentiese sin gelees kan word, kan vertaling en omdigting van die psalms dit egter nie uitdruk nie en daarom moet in hierdie gevalle by die oorspronklike teks gehou word. Hiermee lewer hy ‘n belangrike bydrae tot die diskussie oor die omdigtingsmetode van die Cloete-omdigting.

A Forgotten Reference to Divine Procreation? Psalm 2:6 in Light of Egyptian Royal Ideology

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gard Granerød
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Text ◽  
Legal Term ◽  
The Common ◽  
Royal Ideology ◽  
The One ◽  
Psalm 2

AbstractThe author discusses whether or not MT Ps 2:6 (in particular the verb ) reflects Egyptian royal ideology as the one evident in “Ptah’s Decree to Ramesses”. He tentatively concludes that the verse historically reflects a concept where the god procreates the human king. Semantically, the verb might originally have denoted the emission of semen, either after the model of or at least in a way comparable to “Ptah’s Decree to Ramesses” (c. 13th-11th centuries BCE). The common translation by means of a legal term “to install” etc. reflects the LXX. LXX Ps 2:6 might represent a theological correction of what the translators considered to be a case of an intolerable anthropomorphism in the Hebrew text.

Why Do the Nations Rage? Boundaries of Canon and Community in a Muslim’s Rewriting of Psalm 2

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 151-179
Author(s):  
David R. Vishanoff
Keyword(s):  
Religious Communities ◽  
Frames Of Reference ◽  
Sacred Text ◽  
Sacred Texts ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Psalm 2 ◽  
Psalms Of David

Numerous Arabic manuscripts of the “Psalms of David” contain not the Biblical Psalms but Muslim compositions in the form of exhortations addressed by God to David. One rewritten version of Psalm 2 manipulates the form and content of the Biblical Psalms so as to highlight a conflict between the Christian and Muslim communities, and the incompatibility of their scriptural canons. Yet it also embraces the imagined idea of the Psalms of David, and incorporates elements of the Quran, ?ad?th, Islamic sermons, and Tales of the Prophets so as to highlight a division that cuts through both the Muslim and Christian communities, separating worldly believers from those who, like the shared figure of David, repent and pursue a life of otherworldly piety. This illustrates how sacred texts can serve as symbols of religious communities, especially in situations of conflict, and how apparently interreligious arguments can turn out to be intrareligious disputes. It shows how the content, form, and imagined identity of someone else’s sacred text can be used to manipulate the boundaries of textual canons and religious communities, and it demonstrates the need for both interreligious and intrareligious frames of reference in the comparative enterprise.

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