Biblical Hebrew Poetry As Jewish And Christian Scr Ipture Av Campbell

The fresh riches of biblical poetry for communities of faith A New Song includes nine essays on the hidden intricacies of poetry in the Hebrew Bible, ten original poems in dialogue with biblical poetry, and three reflective responses. * On Reading Genesis 49: How Hebrew Poetry Communicates Then and Now (John Goldingay) * Shirat Ha-Yam (the Song of the Sea) in Jewish and Christian Liturgical Tradition (C.T.R. Hayward) * Hannah's Prayer (1 Samuel 2:1-10): On the Interface of Poetics and Ethics in an Embedded Poem (David G. Firth) * Bending the Silence: Reading Psalms through the Arts (Ellen F. Davis) * Psalms 'Translated' for Life in the 21st Century - A South African perspective (June F. Dickie) * Prosody and Preaching: Poetic Form and Religious Function in Biblical Verse (Benjamin D. Sommer) * 'With Fists Flailing at the Gates of Heaven' Wrestling with Psalm 88, A Psalm for Chronic Illness (Shai Held) * Truth and Hidden Things: Reading Isaiah 45:9-25 as Scripture (Katie M.