%0 Journal Article
%T Happiness in the Psalms
%A G McConville
%J Acta Theologica
%D 2011
%I 
%X The article enquires into the nature of happiness or well-being in the Old Testament Psalms. It considers first the Psalms¡¯ use of ¡®happiness¡¯ language, then goes on to seek a broader basis for the enquiry in key concepts such as freedom and justice, making some comparisons with Greek ideas. Finally it seeks to build up a picture of the person at the centre of the Psalms, particularly as the one who speaks, chiefly from the perspectives of speech itself, the ¡®soul¡¯, and praise, in the expectation that this may provide a portrait of the fulfilled human being.
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