Berković, Danijel.
(2019).
Personal and private religious experience in the Biblical psalms.
PhD Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Croatian Language and Literature.
(PDS Hrvatske kulture)
[mentor Slavić, Dean].
Abstract
The intention of this work is to demonstrate and present the biblical psalmist as a
subject in his individuality, and particularly in his religious experiences which are also
manifest in his privacy. Though the author of this dissertation recognizes the importance of
the collective experiences of the Israelites in their public religious manifestations (temple
liturgies, sacrificial practices) we are also conscious that the psalmist is an individual, and not
merely a puzzle piece in the puzzle of the collective. All through the biblical texts it is evident
that Judaism is not an elitist, clergy-centred religion, with the cult and liturgy, which solely
shapes its religiosity. There are clear indications throughout the Old Testament that Israelite
religion is ‘religion of the heart’, which also highlights an individual in his individuality. This
we present in this work with the analysis and aspects of individual anthropology. The psalmist
as a pious individual exercises his piety not only in the public religious events, but even more
profoundly as an individual in his/her privacy
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