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Title: The Zion Hymns as Instruments of Power
Author(s): MILLER II, Robert D.
Journal: Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Volume: 47    Date: 2010   
Pages: 218-240
DOI: 10.2143/ANES.47.0.2051625

Abstract :
Efforts to locate a sitz im leben for the Psalms labeled Zion Hymns have come to little agreement, either on dating or on occasion. This essay employs the methods of New Cultural History to explore how these hymns serve as instruments of power. The Zion Hymns reify the centrality of Jerusalem and an ideology that views the human powers of Jerusalem — both royal and priestly — as guarantors of peace and security against chaos.

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