I am excited to have received my author copies of my first book, Semantics and Poetics of the Righteous and the Wicked in the Psalms. This book started as my dissertation at McMaster Divinity College. The idea stemmed from reading about ethics in the psalms. 1/5 - ThreadSky

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kevinfoth.bsky.social • 11 days ago

I am excited to have received my author copies of my first book, Semantics and Poetics of the Righteous and the Wicked in the Psalms. This book started as my dissertation at McMaster Divinity College. The idea stemmed from reading about ethics in the psalms. 1/5

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kevinfoth.bsky.social•11 days ago

One scholar referred to the righteous and the wicked as the "chief" way the psalms taught ethics. But as I read about these figures, I could not see clear evidence of direct ethical teaching. The righteous and wicked figures had little to do with specific actions that were praised or condemned. 2/5

kevinfoth.bsky.social•11 days ago

Instead, I noticed that the main ways they are characterized in the psalms is through their antagonism toward each other. Unlike in Proverbs, where the righteous flourish, the most common (though not exclusive) feature of the righteous in the psalms is that they suffer. 3/5

kevinfoth.bsky.social•11 days ago

I thus focused on the linguistic features of the terms for "righteous" and "wicked" in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, in addition to looking carefully at the ways the two figures are utilized poetically. I looked closely at the psalms where both occur to show the creativity in their uses. 4/5

kevinfoth.bsky.social•11 days ago

I think this book will appeal if you are interested in the Psalter—there are several new readings of individual psalms within—or if your area is Hebrew semantics. It would be a huge help if you are interested to request your library purchase the book if you are a faculty, student, or alumni! 5/5

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