Psalms and the Use of the Critical Imagination : Essays in Honour of Professor Susan Gillingham

"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."-- Provided by publisher Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Tables and Figures Contributors Preface Introduction Part I Imagining Ancient Origins of the Psalms The Spreading Vine of Reception (History) Studies / Daniel J. Crowther Who’s Kissing Who? Reflections on Psalm 2.11-12 / H. G. M. Williamson Joab’s Curious Role and David’s Vivid Imagination in Psalm 60: The Psalm’s Title as a Pertinent Tool for Exegesis / Stefan M. Attard The Two ‘Solomon’ Psalms: Psalm 72 and 127 in the Light of the Solomonic Attribution / Katharine J. Dell Imagining Prayer: Deepening Awareness of Audiences in the Psalms / M. I. J. Daffern Part II The Psalms and Theological Imagination Psalms and Performance: On the Differences of Rehearsed and Literary Old Testament Prayers / Erhard S. Gerstenberger ‘Until the moon is no more’: Psalm 72 as Political Imaginary / Marcel V. Ma?celaru Literal and Allegorical Readings of the Psalms: Imagining the Psalmist / John Barton Natural Theology? Gerard Manley Hopkins and Psalm 19 / Peter Groves Part III Reimaging the Psalms in Literature, Music and Visual Arts Three Renditions of the Three Breaths in Psalm 39 / John Jarick Handel-ing the Psalms: Reception-Historical Reflections on Handel’s Chandos Anthems / Deborah W. Rooke Visualizing Psalm 23: Pastoral Idylls, Protectors and Shadows of Death / Natasha O’Hear Index of References Index of Authors