Psalm 47:? Particularism and universalism. Jahwe is? our king and king of all the earth In? this? article,? Psalm? 47? is? considered from? a? text? immanent perspective and particular attention? is given? to? the morphological,? syntactical,? stylistic and? semantic? facets? of the? psalm.? Although? problems? of interpretation experienced in? respect of? Psalm 47 are? the? same as? those for the? so-called enthronement psalms,? this? article? concentrates? mainly? on? those? research problems that are peculiar to this psalm.? Psalm 47 is a hymn comprising of two parallel strophes? (w.? 2-6 and 7-10).? The? reason? for the exhortations? to praise? is? the fact that in his deeds? of? salvation? towards? Israel,? Yahweh has also proved himself to? be? the? mighty,? universal? king.? Psalm? 47 probably dates from the exilic or post-exilic period.
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