'I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre' (Psalm 49:4): How 'lyrical' is Hebrew psalmody?

This paper discusses biblical poetry in relation to the ancient Greek-Latin tradition of lyric poetry. Since the Greek word »lyric« and the Hebrew word »psalterion« each have musical connotations, there must be some connection between biblical psalmody and lyric poetry. Indeed, the liturgical supers...