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Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
I. WRITING AND READING THE PSALMS
1. Psalm 2:11–12 Reconsidered - H. G. M. Williamson, Christchurch, University of Oxford, UK
2. The Two ‘Solomon’ Psalms: Psalm 72 and 127 in the Light of the Solomonic Attribution - Katharine J Dell, University of Cambridge, UK
3. “Revisiting the Curious Title of Psalm 60” - Stefan Attard, University of Malta, Republic of Malta
II. PERFORMING THE PSALMS
4. The Psalms as Used in Handel’s Israelite Oratorios - Deborah Rooke, University of Oxford, UK
5. Psalms and Performance: The Interrelation of Rehearsed and Literary Old Testament Prayers - Erhard S. Gerstenberger, University of Marburg, Germany
6. The Masoretic Reading Tradition as Reception History - Daniel J. Crowther, University of Oxford, UK
III. IMAGINING THE PSALMS
7. Imagining Prayer: Deepening Awareness of Audiences in the Psalms - Megan Daffern, University of Cambridge, UK
8. Reading the Bible in the Public Square: Ancient and Contemporary Social Imaginaries in Dialogue - Marcel V. Macelaru, Institute for Faith and Human Flourishing, USA
9. Literal and Allegorical Readings of the Psalms: Imagining the Psalmist - John Barton, University of Oxford, UK
10. Visualising Psalm 23 - Natasha O’Hear, University of St Andrews, UK
11. Three Renditions of the Three Breaths in Psalm 39" - John Jarick, Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, UK
12. Natural Theology? Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Psalms - Peter Groves, Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Katherine Southwood is an associate professor at the University of Oxford, UK.
Holly Morse is a lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK.
Summary
The contributors provide fresh insight into the context surrounding the composition and reception of the Psalms, the relationships between the Psalms, and of early audiences who engaged with the material. Close attention is also paid to specific interpretative problems which emerge in the Psalms, both linguistic and theological.
Consequently, there is the creation of a more sophisticated historical reconstruction of how the Psalms were used originally and in subsequent periods, opening up challenges and possibilities for scholars through emphasizing the need in critical Psalms scholarship for vitality and imagination.
Foreword
This collection of essays addresses the importance of imaginative critical approaches to the book of Psalms.
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This is a fine collection of papers which demonstrates the fruitfulness of Gillingham’s work, and which is a fitting tribute to an important scholar.
