David's spiritual walls and conceptual blending in Psalm 51
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 a...
1. VerfasserIn: | |
---|---|
Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Verfügbarkeit prüfen: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Veröffentlicht: |
Sage
[2019]
|
In: |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Jahr: 2019, Band: 43, Heft: 4, Seiten: 607-626 |
IxTheo Notationen: | HB Altes Testament |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Cognitive Linguistics
B Conceptual Blending B Bibel. Psalmen 51 B Literary Criticism B Redaction B Psalm 51 |
Online Zugang: |
Vermutlich kostenfreier Zugang Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
|
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089218786097 |