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Disagreement on the interpretation of the Psalms, of which there are many, arise in large part from their apparent lack of context. Should they be treated as individual units? Or read together? In this brilliant study, Michael D. Goulder treats the Psalms contextually, examining, in particular, the Psalms of the Sons of Korah.

Yahwistic appendix’; 86 and 89 are not Korah psalms, and cannot be included with them. 87 has Yahweh twice and Elohim once, and such figures cannot justify calling it Yahwistic; especially when it is so closely linked with the Elohist 48, which begins ‘Great is Yahweh.’ The only two psalms in the Korah collection which definitely prefer Yahweh are 85 and 88 (four times each); and rather than positing an unexplained and capricious redactor, it may seem wise to ask whether there may be some special
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