Psalms: Books 2–3 (Wisdom Commentary | WC)

by Denise Dombkowski Hopkins

Publisher:

Liturgical Press

, 2016

Overview

Winner of 1st place Catholic Press Association award for Academic Scripture. 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 a different set of associations for psalm metaphors than have traditionally been put forward. These different associations can give the reader different views of the dynamics of power, gender, politics, religion, family, and economics in ancient Israel and in our lives today that might help to name and transform the brokenness of our world.

Product Details

• Title: Psalms: Books 2–3
• Author: Denise Dombkowski Hopkins
• Series: Wisdom Commentary
• Volume: 21
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2019
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Psalms 42-89 › Feminist criticism; Catholic Church › Doctrines; Bible. O.T. Psalms 42-89 › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780814681459, 9780814681206, 081468145X, 0814681204
• Resource ID: LLS:WISDOMCOMM19PS2
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-30T23:54:25Z

About Denise Dombkowski Hopkins

A native of upstate New York, Denise Dombkowski Hopkins is a member of the UCC church. She has twice studied at the Ecumenical Instutute for Theological Studies in the West Bank and has received two research awards: the Yale Theological Renewal Award (2006-2007) and the ATS Research Grant (2007-2008). Her academic interests include Psalms and Second Temple Judaism. Denise is collaborating with Michael Koppel in writing a book on the Hebrew Bible and Pastoral Care Practices. She is a long-time PTA activist, gardener, golfer, bicyclist and ballet lover with two children, Brian and Ariel.