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Document Details : Title: Psalm 118 and Form Criticism Author(s): BOOIJ, Thijs Journal: Biblica Volume: 96 Issue: 3 Date: 2015 Pages: 351-374 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.96.3.3183426 Abstract : Psalm 118 was recited in the time of Nehemiah. The speaker in the first person singular passages is Israel's representative. The psalm, a communal song of thankfulness, belongs to a group of texts related to Succoth (Psalms 65; 66; 67; 98; 107; 124; 129; Isaiah 12; 25,1-5). These texts, dating from the later post-exilic period, do not constitute a welldelineated literary genre. Psalm 118 and Isaiah 12; 25,1-5, however, constitute a special category. Psalm 118,24 refers to Succoth as the time when YHWH judges the world and decides on the nation's well-being (v. 25) for the year to come. |
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