Reading resilience in the Psalms trauma, healing, and the strength to survive Rebecca W. Poe Hays

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poe Hays, Rebecca W., 1987- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Psychic trauma--Biblical teaching.

Psychic trauma.

Resilience (Personality trait)--Biblical teaching.

Resilience (Personality trait).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press USA, 2026.

New York, NY Oxford University Press [2026]

Summary:

Rebecca W. Poe Hays offers a trauma-informed reading of the book of Psalms. She argues that the poetry of these ancient song-prayers reflects the experience of potentially traumatic events in the worlds of the psalms' composers and collectors, and it also provides resources for healing and resilience across successive generations of communities who use these texts. Combining modern trauma theory, literary and form-critical methods, and insights from reception history and alternating between methodological and case study chapters, this study identifies textual indicators of traumatic influences and maps how the Psalter's poetry reflects - and might facilitate - the general movements of trauma healing. While we catch glimpses of trauma and its effects within its poetry, the book of Psalms is really more about resilience

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 02, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780197689226

0197689221

9780197689202

0197689205

OCLC:

1596274260

Publisher Number:

CIPO000406376

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license