Law and Ritual in the Psalms
The Psalter, being a hymnbook, is representative of the thought and feeling of the common people of Judaism. The legal priestly elements were the permanent features of Judaism; prophecy was transitory. The Psalter developed under strongly Babylonian influence amid a rich expression of ritualistic re...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
1922
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The journal of religion
Year: 1922, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 58-69 |
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| Summary: | The Psalter, being a hymnbook, is representative of the thought and feeling of the common people of Judaism. The legal priestly elements were the permanent features of Judaism; prophecy was transitory. The Psalter developed under strongly Babylonian influence amid a rich expression of ritualistic religion and was profoundly affected thereby. The Psalms show that the people who wrote and sang them loved the law and the temple ritual. The Psalms were written in large part for use in connection with sacrifice; they were a rhythmization of ritual. This love for ritual did not exclude genuine piety, but intensified it. It is the mystical and spiritual tone of the Psalms that commends them to modern minds. The original makers and singers of these songs cannot have had a merely materialistic or formal type of religion. |
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| ISSN: | 1549-6538 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/480260 |