Psalm 22:17b: More Guessing

Strawn, Brent A.

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“…Scholarly solution to the longstanding crux of verse 17b holds the promise of a better understanding of the poet's argument in verses 13-17 (Strawn, 2000;Swenson, 2004;Linville, 2005). 9 The imagery of many bulls enclosing the speaker, in verse 13, suggests the following translation for verse 17: "for dogs surround me ( ‫ס‬ ‫ב‬ ‫ב‬ ) / a company of evildoers encircle me" (hiphil, stem ‫נ‬ ‫ק‬ ‫ף‬ "like a lion my hands and my feet" (v. 17b).…”

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“…My interpretation and translation of verse 17 reflect the views of the scholarly commentary: “for dogs surround me / a gang of villains encircle me (Hebrew hiphil pl.) / like a lion [ they circle ] my hands and feet” (Strawn, 2000: 443–444, 447–451; Swenson, 2004: 642–643; Linville, 2005: 738–739).…”

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“… 9. Brent A. Strawn (2000) draws attention to iconographical evidence depicting lions severing human and animal parts. Kristin M. Swenson (2004) gives נקף‎ an alternative meaning to indicate that the enemies are like a lion “circling” or “circumscribing” the speaker’s hands and feet.…”

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Writing and Rewriting of Psalm 22

Wood¹

2019

Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses

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Rewriting has converted a personal lament psalm into a complex literary work with diverse topics and themes, with distinct genres and settings, and with opposite and contradictory meanings. We can discover the original psalm by unravelling the editorial process and by observing the revision techniques of repetition, reversal and cross reference. What characterizes the second edition of the psalm is a gradual shift from individual experience to the concerns of the whole community. The reviser draws on historical tradition to transform the earlier composition into a new story with an entirely different theological perspective.

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Writing and Rewriting of Psalm 22

Wood¹

2019

Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses

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Hebrew Philological Notes (II)

Rendsburg¹

2001

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Five separate studies are presented. 1) חפניו in Prov 30:4 is to be understood as both "his fists" and "his clothing," in line with the widespread use of wordplay in Hebrew poetry. 2) The presence of the Egyptian expression Int kkt "valley of darkness" in the Book of the Dead confirms the meaning "darkness" for צַלְמוֶת, especially in Ps 23:4 where the famous expression ניא צַלמות is indeed to be rendered "valley of darkness." 3) The unique feminine form תתֶמֶה "seal" in Gen 38:25 is a deliberate creation of the author, the word is intended to evoke the sounds of כתנת "robe" in Gen 37:32. 4) עַנו֗ת in Exod 32:18 refers to sexual intercourse, as always with the Piʿel of the root ענה, and not to song. 5) היו֗ם אַף-אָתָה in Prov 22:19 is to be emended to ימנמאפת Imn-m-Ipt "Amen-em-opet," the name of the author of the Egyptian "Thirty" referred to in Prov 22:20.

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Psalm 22:17b: More Guessing

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Writing and Rewriting of Psalm 22

Writing and Rewriting of Psalm 22

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Hebrew Philological Notes (II)

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