A New Song

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 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. Heffelfinger). The Dynamic Relationship between God and Man in the Book of Hosea: A Dynamic - Synchronic Reading. (Yisca Zimran). Poems by Maria Apichella, Kilby Austin, Edward Clarke, Jacqueline Osherow, Micheal O'Siadhail, Richard G. Rohlfing Jr. , and Jock Stein. Edited by Stephen D. Campbell, Richard G. Rohlfing Jr. , and Richard S. Briggs, A New Song. brings together a diverse roster of Jewish and Christian scholars to explore biblical Hebrew poetic texts within the context-and for the benefit-of communities of faith. These thoughtful essays and poems encourage readers to join in the singing of the old songs anew.