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.

This is a fine collection of papers which demonstrates the fruitfulness of Gillingham’s work, and which is a fitting tribute to an important scholar.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionI. WRITING AND READING THE PSALMS1. Psalm 2:11–12 Reconsidered - H. G. M. Williamson, Christchurch, University of Oxford, UK2. The Two ‘Solomon’ Psalms: Psalm 72 and 127 in the Light of the Solomonic Attribution - Katharine J Dell, University of Cambridge, UK3. “Revisiting the Curious Title of Psalm 60” - Stefan Attard, University of Malta, Republic of MaltaII. PERFORMING THE PSALMS4. The Psalms as Used in Handel’s Israelite Oratorios - Deborah Rooke, University of Oxford, UK5. Psalms and Performance: The Interrelation of Rehearsed and Literary Old Testament Prayers - Erhard S. Gerstenberger, University of Marburg, Germany6. The Masoretic Reading Tradition as Reception History - Daniel J. Crowther, University of Oxford, UKIII. IMAGINING THE PSALMS7. Imagining Prayer: Deepening Awareness of Audiences in the Psalms - Megan Daffern, University of Cambridge, UK8. Reading the Bible in the Public Square: Ancient and Contemporary Social Imaginaries in Dialogue - Marcel V. Macelaru, Institute for Faith and Human Flourishing, USA9. Literal and Allegorical Readings of the Psalms: Imagining the Psalmist - John Barton, University of Oxford, UK10. Visualising Psalm 23 - Natasha O’Hear, University of St Andrews, UK11. Three Renditions of the Three Breaths in Psalm 39" - John Jarick, Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, UK12. Natural Theology? Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Psalms - Peter Groves, Worcester College, University of Oxford, UKBibliographyIndex