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Psalm 145: All Flesh Will Bless God's Holy Name.

A literary criticism of the biblical text Psalm 145 is presented. It aims to explain the widespread Jewish liturgical use of this Psalm. It analyzes the alphabetic acrostic structure, the lyrical acoustic qualities, and the rhetorical outline of the psalm. The author claims that these factors influe...

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Published in:Catholic Biblical Quarterly Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 55 - 67
Main Author: Declaissé-Walford, Nancy L.
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Catholic Biblical Association of America Jan2012
Subjects:
Bible. Psalms
Jewish liturgy > Texts
Acrostics in the Bible
Acoustic phonetics
Rhetorical analysis
Rhetoric in the Bible
Kingship of God
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Summary:A literary criticism of the biblical text Psalm 145 is presented. It aims to explain the widespread Jewish liturgical use of this Psalm. It analyzes the alphabetic acrostic structure, the lyrical acoustic qualities, and the rhetorical outline of the psalm. The author claims that these factors influence liturgical reciters of the psalm, by drawing them into a symbolic world in which YHWH is king.