Psalms, Books 2-3

by Denise Dombkowski Hopkins

Many readers are convinced that the Psalms are hopelessly "masculine," especially given that seventy-three of the 150 psalms begin with headings linking them to King David. In this volume, Denise Dombkowski Hopkins sets stories about women in the Hebrew Bible alongside Psalms 42-89 as "intertexts" for interpretation. The stories of women such as Hannah, Rahab, Tamar, Bathsheba, Susanna, Judith, Shiphrah, Puah, and the Levite's concubine can generate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814681204
• ISBN13: 9780814681206
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Michael Glazier Books
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 8.9"