Tag: Othmar Keel

• Dashing Babies or Regimes? (Psalm 137:9)

  Othmar Keel’s The Symbolism of the Biblical Worlddemonstrates how ancient Near Eastern iconography illuminates the conceptual world of Psalms. He includes a couple images that might reframe one’s understanding of Psalm 137:9. Psalm 137:9 (NRSV): Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against the rock! In both images, a young prince sits on […]

  Brian Davidson

  December 11, 2013

  Bible

  iconography, Othmar Keel, Psalm 137, Psalm 137:9