Violence and the Book of Psalms : Multiple Methodological Perspectives.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutton, Lodewyk.

Series:

Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies

Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies ; v.85

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence in the Bible.

Feminist criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

This volume contributes to ongoing discussions on violence and religion by focusing on various aspects and manifestations of violence and their expressions in the Book of Psalms, as well as a rich variety of methodological approaches to biblical interpretation.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Contributors

Chapter 1 Multiple Perspectives on Violence and the Book of Psalms: an Introduction to the Volume

Chapter 2 Human on Human Violence in the Psalter: a Feminist Reading of Psalms 55, 109, and 139

Chapter 3 "The God Who Equipped Me" (Ps 18:32): An Analysis of the Entanglement of Human and Divine Violence in Psalm 18

Chapter 4 "Break the Arm of the Wicked One" (Psalm 10:15): Power and Violence in Psalm 9-10

Chapter 5 Razor Sharp Tongues: the Violent Mouths of the Enemies in Psalms

Chapter 6 False Witness as Violence according to Psalm 27:12 and Psalm 35:11

Chapter 7 The Inherent Connection between Violent Speech and States of Depression in Psalm 55

Chapter 8 Corrupting Retributive Violence in Psalm 83: Israel's Moral Injury Prison

Chapter 9 A World Gone Wrong: Structural Violence in Psalms 9-14

Chapter 10 Enclosing Violence: a Bodily Spatial Reading of Psalm 140

Chapter 11 Framing Violence in the Prayers to YHWH: Psalm 109

Chapter 12 Divine Violence and Nature in Psalm 29 and the Niğde Stela

Chapter 13 Psalm 137:7-9 in Early Translations and Commentaries

Chapter 14 Women Heralds of Divine Victory: Reading Violence in Psalm 68 in Light of an Anabaptist Notion of Power

Chapter 15 Violence, Justice, Advocacy, and Intercession in the Psalms

Chapter 16 The (In)adequacy of Lament as a Response to Violence

Chapter 17 Multiple Perspectives on Violence and the Book of Psalms: Concluding Remarks

Index of Authors

Index of Ancient Texts

Index of Topics

Back Cover.

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Other Format:

Print version: Sutton, Lodewyk Violence and the Book of Psalms

ISBN:

9789004759343

OCLC:

1587898083