Online Journal Article: "Double-tracking In The Psalms, Book 5, As A Hermeneutical Method" JETS 60/3 (2017): 479–88

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From the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (JETS)
JETS 60/3 (2017): 479–88
DOUBLE-TRACKING IN THE PSALMS, BOOK 5,
AS A HERMENEUTICAL METHOD
by C. HASSELL BULLOCK
Abstract: Double-tracking as a hermeneutical method in the Psalter is a multilayered scheme
in which historical allusions, biblical quotations, and textual and cultural allusions are intertwined to create a certain movement in the direction of a major theme or climax. After pointing
out the cradle of hodu (“Give thanks”) psalms that supports the Egyptian Hallel (Psalms
113–118) and sets the tone to make Book 5 a virtual service of thanksgiving for Yahweh’s
“love” and “faithfulness,” this article seeks to show how the postexilic community tracked its
direction as a “new exodus” and reaffirmed its covenant faith by means of four theological conventions of the Mosaic covenant: (1) the first and second commandments; (2) the Shema‘; (3)
the formula of grace; and (4) the covenant formula.
Key words: hodu psalms, Egyptian Hallel, Great Hallel, covenant formula, formula of
grace, Shema‘