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Informationen zum Autor Athalya Brenner-Idan is Professor Emerita of the HB\OT Chair at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and currently Professor in Biblical Studies at the Department of Hebrew Culture Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Research Associate at the Biblia Arabica Project there. In addition, she is Extraordinary Professor at the Department of OT/NT, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her website is http://athalya-morah-letorah.com. Klappentext This unique volume on the Psalms is the final Hebrew Bible installment of the Texts@Contexts series. Each contribution provides a contextual reflection on a Psalm as chosen by the contributor. These contributions take account of the contributor's own personal context or the contexts of those around them, providing readings that are varied in geographical and lingustic scope, that reflect on pressing themes such as immigration, diversity, race, marginalized voices (such as those of adults with learning disabilities) and postcolonialism. Scholars also reflect on their own contexts of research and education. Taken together the contributions to this volume provide a sort of contextual commentary on the Psalms, gathering a wide range of voices and reflecting a diverse range of cultural afterlives of the Psalms. Vorwort Diverse contextual readings of the Psalms, followed by short reflective commentaries. Zusammenfassung This unique volume on the Psalms is the final Hebrew Bible installment of the Texts@Contexts series. Each contribution provides a contextual reflection on a Psalm as chosen by the contributor. These contributions take account of the contributor's own personal context or the contexts of those around them, providing readings that are varied in geographical and linguistic scope, that reflect on pressing themes such as immigration, diversity, race, marginalized voices (such as those of adults with learning disabilities) and postcolonialism. Scholars also reflect on their own contexts of research and education. Taken together the contributions to this volume provide a sort of contextual commentary on the Psalms, gathering a wide range of voices and reflecting a diverse range of cultural afterlives of the Psalms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction Athalya Brenner-Idan and Gale A. Yee 1. Psalm 6: Plea, Protest, Anger, Discipline, Weariness, Deliverance John Goldingay, Senior Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California 2. Psalm 8: The Poor and the Earth Cry Out Nicole L. Tilford, Production Manager for SBL Press, Atlanta 3. Psalm 8: How I Fell in Love with the Bible Francis Landy, retired Religious Studies professor at the University of Alberta, Canada 4. Psalm 18.35: Giving David Odysseus' Bow Sivan Nir, is currently post-Doctoral Fellow at the the Department of Biblical Studies, Tel Aviv University 5. Psalm 19: The Voice that is Not Heard Robert Paul Seesengood, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Drew Theological School, and Jennifer L. Koosed 6. Psalm 20: When God Crosses Borders Roger Nam, professor of Hebrew Bible at Candler School of Theology of Emory University, Atlanta 7. Psalm 23: A Moving, Versatile Poem Lieve Teugels, associate professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the Protestant Theological University, Amsterdam 8. Psalm 23: An Autobiographical and Intertextual Reading Musa W. Dube, professor of New Testament at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta 9. Psalm 37: Living Faithfully D. N. Premnath, an Indian Bible (OT) scholar and pastor in New York 10. Psalm 39: Silence that Speaks Mercedes L. Garcia Bachmann, affiliate faculty of the Luthe...
