Song, Prayer, Scripture

David Davage is Reader in Old Testament Exegesis at Örebro School of Theology, Sweden.Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer is Professor in Old Testament Exegesis at Örebro School of Theology, Sweden.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: Song1. Hearing the People Through the Voice of David: On the Paratextual Framing of Psalm 30 - David Davage, Örebro School of Theology, Sweden2. The Psalms and Psalms 132 in the Early Days of the “New World” - Melody Knowles, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA3. Liturgy, Temple Memory, and Canonization: Reimagining the Temple Psalter in Rabbinic Judaism - Abraham J. Berkowitz - Hebrew Union College, USA4. Psalms and Circles in the Theurgy of the Élus Coëns - Ola Wikander, Lund University, SwedenPart II: Prayer5. Psalmody as an Alternative to Theodicy - John Goldingay, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA6. Pastoral Concerns in Conflict: The Place and Use of Imprecatory Psalms in the Liturgy of the Hours - Elisabet Nord, Lund University, Sweden7. The Potential of the Psalmist’s Anger - Rachel Wrenn, Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University, USA8. How the Psalms Made Their Way into the Swedish Lectionary - LarsOlov Eriksson, Johannelund School of Theology, SwedenPart III: Scripture: Interpretation9. Luther and Calvin Read Psalms 1–2 - Susan Gillingham, University of Oxford, UK10. Psalm 16 in the New Testament and Early Christian Literature - Antti Laato, Åbo Akademi University, Finland11. One Psalm Across Four Traditions: Psalm 48 - Robert Miller, The Catholic University of America, USA12. “Please Open Your Ear, My People, To My Torah ...!” What Psalm 78 Wants to Say to Whom - Beat Weber, University of Pretoria, South Africa13. The Psalter and King David: A Reception Historical Perspective - Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Örebro School of Theology, SwedenPart IV: Scripture: Manuscripts and Translations14. The Continuity between Jewish and Christian Psalms Manuscripts - Tommy Wasserman and Andreas Nilsson, Örebro School of Theology, Sweden15. Going to the Zoo with Saint Jerome: The Rendering of Animal and Plant Names in Jerome’s Latin Psalm Translations - Martijn Jaspers, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium16. Updates on the Göttingen Project “Die Editio critica maior des griechischen Psalters” (2020–2040) - Margherita Matera, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Germany17. Speaking Images: Illuminating the Psalter in Byzantium - Barbara Crostini, Uppsala University, SwedenBibliography Index