Heman the Ezrahite is described as the author of Psalm 88 in the
BibleThe Bible contains the central religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. Modern Judaism generally recognizes a single set of canonical books known as the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, as it is written almost entirely in the Hebrew language, with some small portions in Aramaic...
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The name 'Heman' is a Jewish name, meaning 'Faithfull'. You will find it approximately 10 times in the bible (eg. see:
http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=Heman&qs_version=31)
It is held that Heman is another name for Moses.
The Psalm written by Heman seems to have been written in a state of despair.
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Heman the Ezrahite is described as the author of Psalm 88 in the
BibleThe Bible contains the central religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. Modern Judaism generally recognizes a single set of canonical books known as the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, as it is written almost entirely in the Hebrew language, with some small portions in Aramaic...
. The name Heman is also listed as an ancestor of
JerimothJerimoth in the Hebrew Bible is the name of eight men:*In 1 Chronicles 7:7, Jerimoth is a son of Bela.*In 1 Chronicles 7:8, Jerimoth is a son of Becher....
in
ChroniclesThe Books of Chronicles are part of the Hebrew Bible . In the masoretic text, it appears as the first or last book of the Ketuvim...
. J. A. Motyer, former Principal of
Trinity College, BristolTrinity College Bristol is a theological college affiliated to the Church of England. It is located in Stoke Bishop, a prosperous suburb in Bristol, England, next to the University of Bristol's residential halls...
, comments:
The name 'Heman' is a Jewish name, meaning 'Faithfull'. You will find it approximately 10 times in the bible (eg. see:
http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=Heman&qs_version=31)
It is held that Heman is another name for Moses.
The Psalm written by Heman seems to have been written in a state of despair. According to Martin Marty, a professor of church history at the University of Chicago, Psalm 88 is “a wintry landscape of unrelieved bleakness.”
Psalm 88 ends by saying:
You have taken my companions and loved ones from me;
the darkness is my closest friend. (Psalm 88:18, NIV).
Indeed, in Hebrew, the last word of the Psalm 88 is "darkness" The only other Psalm in the Bible that similarly ends without any hope is Psalm 39.