Abstract
Despite the widely-held view that B.S. Childs' canonical approach is a limiting venture, his use of 'illumination' from other sources and his failure to provide guidelines as to how it should be incorporated means that a range of meanings are available to canonical exegetes. Here the significance of the infanticide of Ps. 137:9 is illuminated by The Usual Suspects (1995) and Apocalypse Now (1979), and by social-scientific discussions of honour and shame. It is suggested that the theological problems raised by this canonical text will only be resolved eschatologically, by a final - and non-canonical - clarification of the nature of divine justice.
| Translated title of the contribution | A Man of Honour, A Man of Strength, A Man of Will? A Canonical Approach to Psalm 137 |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 41 - 68 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Didaskalia |
| Volume | 16 (2) |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |