Intertextuality, Liturgy, and Prophetic Collections: A Study of the Relationship between Habakkuk 3 and Psalms 29, 77, and 18

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Abstract:The text of Habakkuk 3 presents many difficulties, including linguistic, text-critical, and historical issues. In this article, I expand on intertextual observations made previously by Dominik Markl. I include texts that he anticipated and offer observations that enhance our understanding of the possible function of thematic associations between Habakkuk 3 and Psalms 29, 77, and 18. Finally, I contextualize the intertextual analysis of these psalms with some of the puzzles of Habakkuk 3 in light of the manuscript versions of the text, suggesting that the intertextual analysis here and recent research into prophetic literature as "collections" provide windows into alternative ways that Habakkuk 3 might have been read beyond the text as received in the MT.