ARTICLE
The Relation between Davidic Messiah and Mosaic Torah in the Final Redaction of the Five Books of the Psalter
Bernard GOSSE
volume 15, issue 1, 2023, pages 1-12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsAYND8024
Published online: 2023-06-01
Published in print: 2023-06-30
Abstract: In a chiastic redaction the Psalter reaffirms the continuity of the Davidic Messiah (Books 1: Ps 1–41 and 5: Ps 107–150) after the rejection of the Messiah (Ps 89:39.52; the end of book 3: Ps 73–89). But the Torah is associated with this reaffirmation of the Messiah. This point appears in the three diptychs: Ps 1 and 2; Ps 18 and 19; Ps 119 and 120–134. In the middle of the verses of the Psalter, in Ps 78, appears the articulation between the Torah (Ps 78:1.5.10) and David (Ps 78:70-72). The intention of redaction of these psalms appears by the fact that they are the most extended psalms of the Psalter, Ps 119, 176 verses, Ps 78, 72 verses, Ps 89, 52 verses, Ps 18, 51 verses.