The language of trauma in the Psalms / Danilo Verde.
| Author/creator | Verde, Danilo, 1979- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | University Park, Pennsylvania : Eisenbrauns, [2024] |
| Description | xiii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible ; 15. ^A1167903 |
| Contents | Psalms of trauma -- The language of the body -- Metaphor : a light in the dark -- Going beyond the healing hermeneutics. |
| Abstract | "Over the last few decades, the field of trauma studies has shed new light on biblical texts that deal with individual and collective catastrophe. In The Language of Trauma in the Psalms, Danilo Verde advances the conversation, moving beyond the emphasis on healing that prevails in most literary trauma studies. Using the lens of cognitive linguistics and combining insights from trauma studies and redaction criticism, Verde explores how trauma is expressed linguistically in the book of Psalms, how trauma-related language was rooted in ancient Israel’s external realities, and how psalms helped define Yehud’s cultural trauma in the Persian period (539–331 BCE). Rather than assuming the psalmists’ personal experiences are reflected in these texts, Verde focuses on the linguistic strategies used to express trauma in the Psalms, especially references to the body and highly dramatic metaphors. Current analyses often approach trauma texts as tools intended to help sufferers heal. Verde contends that many group laments in the book of Psalms were transmitted not only to heal but also to wound the community, ensuring that the pain of a previous generation was not forgotten." -- Publisher, page four of cover. |
| Abstract | "Investigates how individual and collective experiences of trauma are linguistically expressed in the Psalter and how the psalms' language of trauma is embedded in the culture of ancient Israel"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-147) and index. |
| LCCN | 2024024556 |
| ISBN | 9781646022908 |
| ISBN | 1646022904 (hardcover) |
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