A New Song

Name: A New Song
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Author: Stephen D Campbell
ISBN: 9781683596912

Biblical Hebrew Poetry as Jewish and Christian Scripture

by Stephen D Campbell

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Publisher: Lexham Press
15.3 x 22.9 cm

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For those seeking biblical poetry insight.

Explores poetry's depth for faith communities.

Offers fresh perspective on ancient texts.

"A New Song" delves into biblical poetry, enriching faith communities with fresh insights and perspectives on ancient texts.

Aaron Lewendon

Bibles & Bible Study Specialist

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. Heffelfinger)
The Dynamic Relationship between God and Man in the Book of Hosea: A Dynamic - Synchronic Reading (Yisca Zimran)
Original 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.