Saying Amen to Violent Psalms:

LeMon, Joel M.

doi:10.2307/j.ctt22nm6mh.10

Soundings in the Theology of Psalms 2010

DOI: 10.2307/j.ctt22nm6mh.10

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Saying Amen to Violent Psalms:

Joel M. LeMon¹

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“…Though its educational context in some ways could not be more different than the state of Florida in 2022, the book of Psalms has likewise served a pedagogical and formational function within the faith community for over two thousand years. Its opening psalm sets the stage for receiving the following collection of songs and prayers as a form of instruction, a mode of reception that its structural echoing of the five-book Torah that begins the Judeo-Christian canons of Scripture reinforces (LeMon, 2011, p. 95; McCann, 2014, p. 350). The psalms—both individually and as a collection of collections—teach about the character and great acts of God, about the persistent presence of enemies in the world, about the efficacy of petition, and about the communal history of Israel.…”

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Telling Stories for Healing and Resilience: A Trauma-informed Reading of Psalms 105 and 106

Hays

2023

Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture

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The poetic telling of stories—especially stories of ancestral failings and ongoing relationship to those failings—is a key aspect of how the book of Psalms moves audiences from trauma to healing and resilience. Trauma blocks the ability of survivors to narrate a coherent story of their experiences. Learning to tell traumatic stories—and integrate them into life moving forward—is a significant factor in healing from past traumas and building the resilience necessary to survive and sustain well-being through future ones. The “twin” Psalms 105 and 106 are an example of how the book of Psalms equips audiences for this work of processing trauma, moving toward healing, and building resilience through its poetic language, narrative structures, and community context. In particular, these psalms narrate a shared history, acknowledge the good and the bad within that history, and demand participation and response.

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Telling Stories for Healing and Resilience: A Trauma-informed Reading of Psalms 105 and 106

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2023

Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture

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Singing Apart Together

Vogel,

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Barnard

2023

J. Religion Eur.

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Genemuider bovenstem is a particular style of psalm singing, originating from the town of Genemuiden in the Netherlands, in which a higher voice is added to the Genevan melody of the psalms. It has roots in liturgical contexts, and has been designated as Intangible Cultural Heritage. This article discusses the construction of singing communities in Genemuider bovenstem psalm singing as performed both in the Sunday worship practices of strictly Reformed church communities, and in collective regional singing events on weekdays that receive financial and practical support from the Dutch government. We present the results of empirical research in Genemuiden, demonstrating the existence of a mutually reinforcing overlap between church communities and the publics who attend psalm-singing events. Our work serves to further nuance extant theories that suggest that the eventization and heritagization of religious practices lead to a diminution in the status of church communities and of their control and ownership over their practices.

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Continuing the Engagement: Psalms Research Since the Early 1990s

Kuntz

2012

Currents in Biblical Research

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Updating the writer's previous essay in Currents, 'Engaging the Psalms: Gains and Trends in Recent Research ' (1994), this extensive essay targets the many diverse books and articles reflecting the multi-faceted research on the Psalms published during the past two decades. While necessarily selective, this survey opens with article and book-length studies focused on the Psalter in its entirety. These studies range from those primarily intended for novice readers, to intricate, in-depth scholarly commentaries. Subsequently, many publications invested in more specific topics are discussed. These address the Psalms in their ancient Near Eastern milieu, probe crucial form-critical and rhetorical-critical issues, and focus on the shaping of the Psalter, its potential as a book of theology, and its reception across the centuries.

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Saying Amen to Violent Psalms:

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Telling Stories for Healing and Resilience: A Trauma-informed Reading of Psalms 105 and 106

Telling Stories for Healing and Resilience: A Trauma-informed Reading of Psalms 105 and 106

Singing Apart Together

Continuing the Engagement: Psalms Research Since the Early 1990s

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