#'we can imagine this *extremely* specific scenario with the psalms of ascent

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Without presenting the conclusions of this volume before the analysis and argument that lead up to them, it seems important to foreshadow the basic position that we will be advocating. There is literature that may reasonably be construed as poetry in the Hebrew Bible.

David L Petersen and Kent Harold Richards, Interpreting Hebrew Poetry, Fortress Press (Minneapolis, 1992), p 13

really controversial stuff here from these two scholars! not sure i agree 100% with this hashtag Take but feel like it’s important to put it out there for the sake of Discussion and provoking hashtag Thoughts