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Constructing and deconstructing power in Psalms 107-150

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This book examines the role of Persian imperial ideology in the creation of psalms in Book 5 of the Psalter and in the shaping of the book of Psalms as a whole. Although much research has been conducted on the relationship between the Persian empire and the creation of biblical texts, the book of Psalms has been largely absent from this discussion. Tucker seeks to rectify this omission by illustrating that Book 5 constructed a subtle anti-imperial ideology in response to the threats imposed from all empires both past and present..

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223.206 TUC c

Z. HANDIMAN

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223.206 TUC c

Publisher

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature., 2014

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xii, 227p.; 23 cm.

Language

English

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978-1-58983-972-4

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223.206

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PSALMS (OT) - HERMENEUTICS

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