This comprehensive work deals with the meaning and function of the central topic of the "face of YHWH" in the Psalms against the background of Ancient Near Eastern textual and iconographic sources. The primary interest of the study is to reconstruct the conception of the "face of YHWH" as part of the symbolism of the temple of Jerusalem.
This comprehensive work deals with the meaning and function of the central topic of the "face of YHWH" in the Psalms against the background of Ancient Near Eastern textual and iconographic sources. The primary interest of the study is to reconstruct the conception of the "face of YHWH" as part of the symbolism of the temple of Jerusalem. The main thesis is that the social model of an audience before the ruler provides the source for the 'legibility' of the language of the "face of YHWH" in the Psalms.
Friedhelm Hartenstein
Geboren 1960; Studium der Ev. Theologie, Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie; 1996 Promotion; 2001 Habilitation; 2002-10 Professor für Altes Testament und altorientalische Religionsgeschichte an der Universität Hamburg; seit 2010 Professor für Altes Testament an der LMU München.
Psalmen Theologie des Alten Testaments JHWH