Erica Mongé-Greer holds a PhD in divinity and specialises in biblical ethics and ancient Near Eastern religious texts. She is a Hebrew Bible and Old Testament adjunct professor whose research explores the relationship between mythology and culture.

You may have been puzzled by Psalm 82. It's an extraordinary psalm! Erica Mongé-Greer has written an extraordinary study of it, in which she looks at the psalm from all sorts of interesting and thought-provoking angles. Her study might even push you into doing something about the powerless rather than being the kind of person that the psalm confronts.

• Foreword by David G. Firth PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Current Approaches to Psalm 822. Psalm 82 - A Textual Study3. Mythopoeia and Myth in Psalm 824. Poverty Centered Language in Psalsm 825. Justice Centered Language in Psalm 826. Psalm 82 and Psalmic Hermeneutics7. Ambiguity as Means for Resistance8. ConclusionsBibliography

Erica Mongé-Greer holds a PhD in divinity and specialises in biblical ethics and ancient Near Eastern religious texts. She is a Hebrew Bible and Old Testament adjunct professor whose research explores the relationship between mythology and culture.

You may have been puzzled by Psalm 82. It's an extraordinary psalm! Erica Mongé-Greer has written an extraordinary study of it, in which she looks at the psalm from all sorts of interesting and thought-provoking angles. Her study might even push you into doing something about the powerless rather than being the kind of person that the psalm confronts.

• Foreword by David G. Firth PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Current Approaches to Psalm 822. Psalm 82 - A Textual Study3. Mythopoeia and Myth in Psalm 824. Poverty Centered Language in Psalsm 825. Justice Centered Language in Psalm 826. Psalm 82 and Psalmic Hermeneutics7. Ambiguity as Means for Resistance8. ConclusionsBibliography