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Oud-Israel se beskouing van lyding as sosiale realiteit : 'n oefening in die toepassing van die Kognitiewe Antropologie in die interpretasie van antieke tekste aan die hand van Psalm 22
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1997) Bosman, Jan Petrus; Deist, F. E.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Ancient Studies.
This study investigates ancient Israel's view of suffering as social reality, against Western, linear-logical and mostly idealistic explanations for suffering. The focus is on how suffering as social reality is represented in Israel's literature. Psalm 22 is studies as ancient Hebrew, and therefore ancient Eastern, literature, and serves as a window on ancient Israel's mental world. The abrupt transition in Psalm 22 from a lament to doxology is of central importance. The change of mood is investigated by looking at the Psalm's structure and by comparing it to other ancient Eastern texts. Different explanations given for the radical change or transition is examined and the question whether a new perspective on the problem is possible.