volume 4, issue 2, 2012, pages 72-81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsHMDM1712
Published online: 2012-12-01
Published in print: 2012-12-30

Abstract: R. G. Kratz (1996) reads the final psalms of each Book in the Psalter as showing prominent stations of the history of Israel (the time of David and Salomo, the epoch of the pre-exilic kingship, the downfall of the Davidic kingship, the exile under the nations, the epoch of restoration). The given nine theses follow this theory of R. G. Kratz and widen this theory, reading through the whole Psalter, looking at historical hints in other psalms in the five Books of the Psalter as Ps 44; 60; 66; 51,20f.; 69,35-37; 74; 79; 89; 102,13-23; 106; 107; 126; 136 and 137. Exegesis of the Psalms has to take into account the position of every psalm inside each Book of the Psalter.