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Remembered space : memory and imagination in Psalms 90-92 and Psalms 105-106
Thesis (PhD (Semitic Languages))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/94290 Remembered space : memory and imagination in Psalms 90-92 and Psalms 105-106 Prinsloo, G.T.M. (Gert Thomas Marthinus) marinakok95@gmail.com Kok-Pretorius, Regina Cecilia UCTD Psalms Critical Spatiality Religious imagination Collective memory SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities Humanities theses SDG-11 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Humanities theses SDG-16 Thesis (PhD (Semitic Languages))--University of Pretoria, 2023. Reflecting upon the fall of the Davidic monarchy, with which Book III of the Psalter ends, Book IV is set during and after the exile. Book IV inspires hope to a traumatised people in crisis by providing a renewed theological framework for Israel. While the centre of Book IV focuses on YHWH as the universal king, the introduction and conclusion to Book IV, found in Psalms 90–92 and Psalms 105–106, respectively, build upon collective memories of the shared history of Israel, especially as found in the exodus tradition, the figure of Moses and covenantal theology. In these psalms, it becomes apparent that Israel reimagined their past, present, and future through a process of remembered space consisting of memory and imagination. By combining the model of critical spatiality with collective memory and religious imagination, this study illustrates that remembered space is the component that guided the people of Israel in reconstructing their religious life, identity, and future hope. As a result, it is argued that remembered space is the structuring principle according to which the introduction and conclusion to Book IV of the Psalter is fixed. Remembered space forms an inclusio around Book IV, placing the content of the psalms in this book and the faith community’s experiences of exile and its aftermath into the space of remembered imagining. The post-exilic community used remembered space as a tool that provided them with the ability to reconstruct and reimagine stability, identity, and faith in YHWH as the true universal king through the collective memory of the defining events of their past and creative imagination amid cultural and religious instability, and a fragmented society. Employing remembered space, Psalms 90–92 and 105–106 become a prayer of the Israelite community. Aware of their transience, the community pleads with YHWH to repair their nation, identity, and faith. Ancient Languages PhD (Semitic Languages) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2024-02-05T09:38:39Z 2024-02-05T09:38:39Z 2024-05-09 2023-10-31 Thesis * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94290 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.25059833 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Psalms Critical Spatiality Religious imagination Collective memory SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities Humanities theses SDG-11 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Humanities theses SDG-16 Remembered space : memory and imagination in Psalms 90-92 and Psalms 105-106 |
| title | Remembered space : memory and imagination in Psalms 90-92 and Psalms 105-106 |
| title_full | Remembered space : memory and imagination in Psalms 90-92 and Psalms 105-106 |
| title_fullStr | Remembered space : memory and imagination in Psalms 90-92 and Psalms 105-106 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Remembered space : memory and imagination in Psalms 90-92 and Psalms 105-106 |
| title_short | Remembered space : memory and imagination in Psalms 90-92 and Psalms 105-106 |
| title_sort | remembered space memory and imagination in psalms 90 92 and psalms 105 106 |
| topic | UCTD Psalms Critical Spatiality Religious imagination Collective memory SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities Humanities theses SDG-11 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Humanities theses SDG-16 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94290 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.25059833 |