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Part 1 of Exegesis of Psalm 123: 1-2

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Exegesis of Psalm 123: Song of Ascent Exegesis  is the Greek for an explanation. It is a working out and developing what has been said. Further, there is a dwelling upon what has been said that the impression may be deepened so that what one suggests the text is saying is added by way of good interpretation or  Hermeneia.  I used to just do all this study without writing it down, mainly because that takes a whole lot of extra work. I have to organize my research findings and articulate my thoughts. But this has become great practice for me and has been quite fun. I have always been very interested in the area of figures of speech and semantics when it comes to making good interpretation of the scriptures. Words and there meaning and how these are unique in different cultures fascinates me.  This blog is intended to be a sort of crash course class for myself and others too who are following along to develop their own understanding of exegesis through identifying figur...
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Part 2 Exegesis of Psalms 120:5-7 song of ascent

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Part 2 Exegesis of Psalms - 120:5-7 song of ascent I want to begin with the reminder that in each culture and language poetry will have its unique style and form which is peculiar to itself. I am trying to identify the Hebrew sublime and pathetic. Which are not completely incongruitous with the Greek forms, those with which we have more awareness of in line with the ideas expressed by those such as Burke and Kant. Though our catalogue of figures of speech has its origin in the Greek and Latin, the tropes and figures, subdivisions and denominations in which my purpose is in distinguishing them and identifying them - still the present agenda is to explain the sentiments of the Hebrew and not the Greek. To  mark the peculiar style of the Hebrew poet and distinguish between ancient Hebrew styles. The purpose of Hebrew poetry at its core, is to instruct and give pleasure. As Lowthe says, 'instruction being the end, and pleasure the means'.  Each species of poetry will have its uniq...
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