RT Article
T1 David's spiritual walls and conceptual blending in Psalm 51
JF Journal for the study of the Old Testament
VO 43
IS 4
SP 607
OP 626
A1 Ross, William A
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1670036316
AB Owing to the apparent topical disjunction of the final two verses of Psalm 51, many commentators consider them a later addition, particularly given the attitude toward sacrifice and the reference to Jerusalem's walls. By taking a cognitive linguistic approach, particularly applying Fauconnier and Turner's theory of conceptual blending, this article demonstrates the unity of the Psalm as a discourse unit. Additionally, this article builds upon literary structural analyses of others to suggest the complementarity of the cognitive linguistic and literary approaches. This analysis of Psalm 51 as a whole demonstrates that, not only do vv. 20-21 cohere with the entire psalm, they do so by interacting with vv. 18-19 to build meaning from a single conceptual blend network, one that depends upon the conceptual structures prompted by the narrative setting throughout the discourse. On this reading, David himself is Zion/Jerusalem whose damaged spiritual walls require restoration by Yhwh as a builder.
K1 Bibel : Psalmen : 51
K1 Cognitive Linguistics
K1 Psalm 51
K1 Conceptual Blending
K1 Literary Criticism
K1 Redaction
DO 10.1177/0309089218786097