Psalm 1 not only identifies devotion to Torah as "the way of the righteous" but its authorial voice also embodies attentiveness to Scripture through its dependence on and interpretation of other texts. In fact, Psalm 1 is a tapestry of the writings of ancient Israel. In its first three verses, Ps 1 alludes to Deut 6:6-9, Josh 1:8, Gen 39:3, 23; Jer 17:5-8; and Ezek 47:12. These five allusions serve a critical exegetical function by actually modeling the very devotion to Torah that the psalm extols and by interpreting reality in light of this reading.
Brian Russell "Psalm 1 as an Interpreter of Scripture" IBQ, 26.4 (2005)
Monday, June 18, 2007
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Nice! The Sciptures never cease to amaze me.
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