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FINDING THEIR VOICES: SANCTIONED SUBVERSION IN PSALMS OF LAMENT

FINDING THEIR VOICES: SANCTIONED SUBVERSION IN PSALMS OF LAMENT SANCTIONED FINDING THEIR VOICES: IN PSALMS SUBVERSION CARLEEN MANDOLFO mandolfo@Colby.edu Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901 OF LAMENT In a number of psalms, commonly categorized as individual laments to call them "griev(though it would probably be more appropriate ance" psalms),' we hear a human voice other than that of the supplicant Z These psalms are defined as "prayers" as they all consist, fundamentally, of second person discourse directed to the deity. Into these prayers, however, are interjected didactic discourses, often sounding like wisdom lessons 3 characterized by a shift to third-person discourse. (I will be referring to this discourse as the "didactic voice.") The voicing shifts within these psalms can be identified by means of grammatical indicators, as well as by content. These shifts imbue the psalms in question with a dramatic quality, characterized by a telltale change of speakers. These voices may or may not represent a shift in actual physical speakers, but at the least, they seem to represent different consciousnesses, so to speak. Even if this distinction between voices exists only on the literary level, it still suggests a particular rhetorical activity different from what would be suggested by a single voice operative. These psalms are: http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Horizons in Biblical Theology Brill

FINDING THEIR VOICES: SANCTIONED SUBVERSION IN PSALMS OF LAMENT

MANDOLFO, CARLEEN
Horizons in Biblical Theology , Volume 24 (2): 27 – May 27, 2002
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© Copyright 2002 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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SANCTIONED FINDING THEIR VOICES: IN PSALMS SUBVERSION CARLEEN MANDOLFO mandolfo@Colby.edu Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901 OF LAMENT In a number of psalms, commonly categorized as individual laments to call them "griev(though it would probably be more appropriate ance" psalms),' we hear a human voice other than that of the supplicant Z These psalms are defined as "prayers" as they all consist, fundamentally, of second person discourse directed to the deity. Into these prayers, however, are interjected didactic discourses, often sounding like wisdom lessons 3 characterized by a shift to third-person discourse. (I will be referring to this discourse as the "didactic voice.") The voicing shifts within these psalms can be identified by means of grammatical indicators, as well as by content. These shifts imbue the psalms in question with a dramatic quality, characterized by a telltale change of speakers. These voices may or may not represent a shift in actual physical speakers, but at the least, they seem to represent different consciousnesses, so to speak. Even if this distinction between voices exists only on the literary level, it still suggests a particular rhetorical activity different from what would be suggested by a single voice operative. These psalms are:

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