Conceptualizing Distress in the Psalms : : A Form-Critical and Cognitive Semantic Study of the צרר1 Word Group / / Michael D. Rasmussen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Rasmussen, Michael D. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Biblical Studies ; 66
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Foreword --; Abbreviations --; Chapter One. Toward a Forward-Looking Hermeneutic in Psalm Studies --; Chapter Two. Translating צרר Homonyms in the MT Psalter --; Chapter Three. Cognitive Profile of Distress: [POWERLESSNESS] --; Chapter Four. Cognitive Profile of Distress: [PALPABLE THREAT] --; Chapter Five. Cognitive Profile of Distress: [ENTREATY] --; Chapter Six. Cognitive Profile of Distress: [EXTRALINGUISTIC CAUSE] --; Chapter Seven. Cognitive Profile of Distress: [GUILT?] --; Chapter Eight. Distress in Psalm 107 --; Conclusion --; Bibliography
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463237080; 9783110606751; 9783110716849
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463237080
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael D. Rasmussen.

Psalms containing lexemes derived from the Hebrew root צרר (to bind, be in distress) reveal a previously-unnoticed generic subgroup in the Psalter. Through structural and cognitive linguistic principles, Rasmussen explores issues related to genre, Hebrew grammar, and syntax in order to arrive at a set of three cognitive domains of "powerlessness," "palpable threat," and "entreaty" which are relatively unique to psalms that include צרר lexemes. Rasmussen also makes suggestions about the editorial process of the Hebrew Psalter, concluding that after the Babylonian exile, distress was more strongly associated with divine discipline and displeasure, whereas before the exile it was more associated with declarations of innocence.