Actually, Antonio, I did see your posting of two months ago. At that time, I got the same impression that Karl Randolph expressed in his response to you, that you seemed to have “to change the wording of the Psalms to fit your readings.” And, as he predicted, I, for one, “reject[ed] your theory on that basis alone.” So, I’m sorry to say, I did not tie your request for the structure of Psalm 22 with that September post, since I had already dismissed the theory.
I believe your proposal was actually for Psalm 123, was it not? I see nothing in the text to support “the story and trial of rape of a slave by his master.” If you are expressing a desire for a similar fabrication of an unsupported interpretation of Psalm 22, I’m not sure anyone besides you on this list would even attempt the task. Psalm 22 is seen by the Christians on this list as being a prophetic description of the crucifixion of Jesus. It’s interesting (at least to me) that the term that Kenneth Greifer proposed a translation of “dug” and that others (including the Christians) translate as “are pierced” is considered as marginal in the BHS, and only found in a very few manuscripts. I really don’t have any good idea of the meaning of the idiom כארי ידי ורגלי (as the lion [are] my hands and my feet), which is the generally accepted text. But I would be very surprised if it has the meaning of digging. The marginal texts (כרו or כארו) seems to come from כור, which appears to imply digging a hole using a sharp implement, and not כרה, which is a more general term. The LXX interpretation supports this distinction, again using a word which means to dig a hole with a sharp instrument (as opposed to dig in general). So I would agree with Kenneth’s own initial evaluation, “I don’t think it is right….” Paul Zellmer From: Antonio Garcia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 10:33 AM To: Paul Zellmer Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] crackpot idea psalm 22 Dear Paul: I only know about twenty five psalms, to the rest don´t know their structure. I do not know how many lines of text contain each verse, and where is located the address, the position of each word in the text. Suppose that you, you have an old sheet music, in which the passage of time has erased many of the musical notes, we must consider the work involved in recovering the lost notes of this text. I agree with you, the examples are the best way to understand the structure of the Psalms. I refer to my proposal of cantillation of Psalm 23, which initiated one thread, the story and trial of rape of a slave by his master. I firmly believe my proposal of cantilaation of Psalms, cause it allows the actors to hear the trial, classify the crimes, etc. I assure you that you will enjoy, reading from the Cantillation of Psalms, can feel the voice of the characters and share their feelings. I like to identify with the victims of crime. In fact, although I've only opened three psalms in the list, the methodology is no different to the rest, it is to rebuild the text with more or less success. I guess you do not usually read mail from the list or select what you read, so you do not know some thread. If you consider the psalm as a temple, you must recognize its pillars, columns, because after the wreck, someone has been busy relocating its stones. Meet the pillars on which rests the psalm, replace the stones missing, to help rebuild the temple Kind regards, Paul, Antonio Garcia Hurtado. -- http://hebreoiberico.blogspot.com/ http://numismticahebreahispana.blogspot.com/ http://europehebrewcoinage.blogspot.com/ http://blistershistory.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
