Biblica_1:Layout 1 21-11-2011 12:59 Pagina 333 333 EISODUS AS EXODUS: THE SONG OF THE SEA With the building of the Jerusalem Temple, its dedication in the name of YHWH (1 Kgs 8) 49 and its association with the royal Davidic line (2 Sam 7), an ancient work extolling YHWH’s kingship would fit well into the official doctrine and liturgical curriculum of that establish- ment. We may therefore posit a textualization of Exod 15 sometime in this period, probably as part of a royal enterprise. Russell’s argu- ment for Psalm 78 as literarily dependent upon Exod 15 is thus rei- fied, for if Exod 15 was a fixed part of the Jerusalem Temple library 50, then the production of a psalm advocating the royal/cultic institutions of Jerusalem would quite logically involve the direct citation of a venerated poem officialized by earlier literary standardization. In sum: if the textualization of the poem is viewed as taking place during the early monarchy, then the poem’s oral origins must necessarily antedate its textualization. Concomitant with the view of Russell and others, the pre-monarchic period seems an entirely likely backdrop. III. Mythologizing domestic conflict: the first half of Exod 15 Exod 15 therefore provides a suitable window for evaluating the liturgical mindset of the same culture standing behind Judg 5, i.e., that of highland Israel in Iron I and the defense of the hinterland set- tlements against lowland threats 51. These conditions were shaded in 49 The main source for the “name” theology grafted onto the Jerusalem Temple is 1 Kgs 8. It is often assumed that this is a matter of Deuteronomistic interpolation or redactional development, but one should distinguish between the Deuteronomistic name theology in that chapter and earlier iterations of this theology. The language regarding the “calling” of YHWH’s name upon the Temple differs from the Deuteronomistic terminology of YHWH “causing” his name to dwell therein, the latter of which derives from neo-Assyrian influ- ence. See S.L. RICHTER, The Deuteronomistic History and the Name Theol- ogy. lešakkēn šemô šām in the Bible and the Ancient Near East (BZAW 318; Berlin 2002). 50 All comparative evidence from the ancient Near East, alongside the preponderance of evidence internal to the biblical record, indicates that the Jerusalem Temple library would have housed the archive where such a text would have been kept. See VAN DER TOORN, Scribal Culture, 63-64. Argu- ments against Exod 15 as known by the literati in Jerusalem before the 8th century will be discussed below. 51 Here I suggest an alternative to the proposal of RUSSELL, Images of