TY - JOUR
AU - Clines, D.J.A.
AB -  THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE LAW OF YAHWEH (PSALM XIX) BY D. J. A. CLINES Sheffield The terminology used to describe the law of Yahweh in Ps. xix 8 ff. is reminiscent of the description of the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Gen. ii 9, 17; iii 5 ff.). It is here suggested that the author of Ps. xixB intended by his allusions to Gen. ii-iii to assert the superiority of the law to the tree of knowledge as a means of obtaining wisdom. The terms of interest are principally the five two-word phrases which form the second halves of the five stichoi vv. 8-1 Oa : (1) mešîbat nepeš "reviving the life". Both the verb and the noun are capable of a wide range of meanings, so that it is difficult to fix the precise sense; but it is very likely that we have here a metaphor from food, which restores the vitality (nepeš) of a man. The phrase is sometimes used specifically of food: Lam. i 11 "They trade their treasures for food to revive their strength" (lehäšîb nepeš); i 19 "my priests and my elders ... sought food to revive their strength" 
TI - The Tree of Knowledge and the Law of Yahweh
JF - Vetus Testamentum
DO - 10.1163/156853374X00549
DA - 1974-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/the-tree-of-knowledge-and-the-law-of-yahweh-sbdEB4ApkQ
SP - 8
EP - 14
VL - 24
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -