Open AccessDie begrip ’berit’ in ’n aantal klaagpsalms: ’n Perspektief
Author(s) -
Dirk J. Human
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
verbum et ecclesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2074-7705
pISSN - 1609-9982
DOI - 10.4102/ve.v15i2.1097
Subject(s) - lament , meaning (existential) , perspective (graphical) , christian ministry , old testament , literature , theology , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , art , visual arts
The concept berit in a few Psalms of Lament: A perspective Concerning the understanding of berit, a century of research has been unable to exhaust the full dimension of possibilities which are covered by all the relevant Old Testament texts. Against the background of a defined hypothesis, an analysis was made of Psalms 25, 55, 74 and 83 with a literary-historical text approach to portray a few research results. The hypothesis reads as follows: The concept berit portrays no uniform content and meaning within the corpus of the so-called psalms of lament and could accordingly not contribute to the debate connected to the origin, development and date of berit. The study contributes to the nature of the term as far as its variegation is illustrated for a post-exilic functioning date