Comparative Perspectives on the Psalms

Table of Contents 1 The Dynamics of Praise in the Ancient Near East, or Poetry and Politics 2 The Power of Praise in the Psalter: Human-Divine Synergies in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Scriptures 3 Praise in the Realm of Death: The Dynamics of Hymn-Singing in Ancient Near Eastern Lament Ceremony 4 ＂World Dominion＂ in Yahweh Kinship Psalms: Down to the Roots of Globalizing Concepts and Strategies 5 Psalms and Sumerian Hymns 6 Navajo Chants, Babylonia Incantations, Old Testament Psalms: A Comparative Study of Healing Rituals 7 Singing a New Song: On Old Testament and Latin American Psalmody 8 Enemies and Evildoers in the Psalms: A Challenge to Christian Preaching 9 Delight in the Torah: The Book of Psalms 10 Psalms in the Book of the Twelve: How Misplaced Are They?

Erhard S. Gerstenberger was Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at the University of Marburg. Among his many publications are Der bittende ensch (1980/2010), Psalms, Part 1: With an Introduction to Cultic Poetry (1988), Yahweh--the Patriarch (1996/2021), Leviticus (1996), Psalms, Part 2 and Lamentations (2001), Theologies in the Old Testament (2002), Israel in the Persian Period (2012), Charting the Course of Psalms Research (Cascade, 2022), and Petition and Praise in the Old Testament (Cascade, 2024).