Psalms and the Use of the Critical Imagination

Katherine Southwood is an associate professor at the University of Oxford, UK. Holly Morse is a lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK.

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