Psalms

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 Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago 11. A Reflection on Psalm 46: Presence, War-language, and Feminist Direction Beth LaNeel Tanner, Academic Dean and Kansfield Chair of Old Testament at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, USA 12. Psalm 49: Two Unsolved Riddles and One New Proverb Klaas Spronk, professor of Old Testament at the Protestant Theological University, Amsterdam 13. Psalm 51: A Man Renegotiating Heroism Mikael Larsson, associate professor in Hebrew Bible at the faculty of theology, Uppsala University 14. Psalm 68: Further Harmolodic Musings Hugh R. Page Jr., professor of Theology and Africana Studies at the University of Notre Dame, USA 15. Psalm 71: Do Not Dump Me in Time of Old Age Athalya Brenner-Idan, professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (emerita) at the Universiteit van Amsterdam 16. Psalm 73: But I… (wa’anî) Ekaputra Tupamahu, assistant professor of New Testament and Director of Masters Programs at Portland Seminary 17. Psalm 78.67-72: King David and the Chinese 'Mandate of Heaven' Archie C. C. Lee, retired professor of Hebrew Bible in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong 18. Psalm 84: Where is Home? Meira Polliack, professor of Bible and the Joseph and Ceil Mazer Chair in Jewish Culture in Muslim Lands and Cairo Geniza Studies at Tel-Aviv University 19. Psalm 90:God Brings Equality—My Chinese Reading of the Psalm Yanjing Qu, a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK 20. Psalm 90: In praise of Psalm 90 Jonathan Magonet, emeritus professor of Bible at Leo Baeck College and visiting lecturer at Seinan Gakuin University, Japan 21. Psalm 91: Life in the Shelter of the ‘Most High’ Susan Gillingham, emeritus professor of the Hebrew Bible, University of Oxford 22. Psalm 100: ‘Worship the Lord with Rousing Acclamation!’ Vanessa Lovelace, associate dean and associate professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 23. Psalm 104: Humanity’s Firm Grounding Nancy L. Declaissé-Walford, emeritus professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages at the Mercer University School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia 24. Psalm 104: A Discomfortable Reading by an Implicated Subject Gerrie Snyman, professor extra-ordinarius and research fellow in the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA),Pretoria 25. Psalm 104: The Significance of its Ending Yairah Amit, professor emerita of biblical studies at the department of biblical studies, School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Israel 26. Psalm 106: Blessed Living as a Mixed-Race Descendant Lisa J. Cleath, assistant professor of Old Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary 27. Psalm 114: A Beautiful Counter-Cultural Psalm Marc Zvi Brettler, Bernice and Morton Lerner Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Duke University 28. Psalm 117: A Hymn of Steadfast Love Barbara E. Reid, professor of New Testament Studies at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago 29. Psalm 118: Poetry and Poetics through a Past in Science Kevin D. Chau, senior lecturer at The University of the Free State South Africa 30. Psalm 121 in Three Receptions Gerald West, professor emeritus in the School of Religion, Philosophy, and Classics & Ujamaa Centre, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 31. Psalm 121: Ascending to the Holy with Psalm 121 Marvin A. Sweeney, professor of Hebrew Bible at the Claremont School of Theology 32. Psalm 121 and Synagogue Music: Hope in a Minor Key Helen Leneman, bible scholar and cantor 33. Psalm 121: Why This Psalm Is Popular in Contemporary Israel Ora Brison, independent scholar, Tel Aviv 34. Psalm 123: The ‘Flow’ of Seeing Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon, associate professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies at the Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity, Melbourne 35. Psalm 126: Weeping, Reaping, and Dining Adele Reinharz, professor of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada 36. Psalm 126: Commemorating the Dead during the Corona Lockdown, 2020 Ingeborg Löwisch, pastor in Hamburg, Germany 37. Psalm 126: Those Who Sow Shall Reap in Tears Assnat Bartor, lecturer of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University 38. Ps 127.2: He giveth unto His beloved in sleep – and What about Me? A Personal Story of Psalm 127 Sabine Dievenkorn, professor and director of the Academia de Teología in Santiago de Chile 39. Psalm 127–128: Whose Labor? Whose Hands? Gale A. Yee, Nancy W. King Professor of Biblical Studies emerita of Episcopal Divinity School, New York 40. Psalm 132: Lifegiving Conversations with Psalm 132 Melody D. Knowles, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Old Testament at the Virginia Theological Seminary, USA 41. Psalm 136: The Power of a List Diana Lipton, Teaching Associate in the Department of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University 42. Psalm 137: A Kau’i-talanoa Reading Nasili Vaka’uta, Principal and Ranston Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Trinity Theological College, Auckland, New Zealand 43. Psalm 137: Sadness of the Exiles in a Foreign Land Wei Huang, assistant professor of World History in the Department of History, Shanghai University 44. Psalm 137: Song of A Broken Heart Hemchand Gossai, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Northern Virginia Community College, US 45. Psalm 139: Fully Known Margaret Aymer, associate professor of New Testament at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin Texas 46. A Native reStorying of Psalm 146: Under Tsunami and Covid Waves Jione Havea, research fellow with Trinity Methodist Theological College 47. Psalm 150: Hallelu, hallelu, hallelujah Dominic Mattos, Senior Publisher of T&T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Index of Biblical Sources (HB and NT)