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Spring 2000 Mini-Course

Praying at the Edge:
Suffering, The Psalms of Lament, and God

Dr. Rosann M. Catalano
Roman Catholic Scholar
Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies


Selected Bibliography

Brueggemann, Walter. Abiding Astonishment: Psalms,
    Modernity, and the Making of History. Literary
    Currents in Biblical Interpretation. Louisville, KY:
    Westminster/John Knox, 1991.

_______. The Message of the Psalms: A Theological
    Commentary. Augsburg Old Testament Studies.
    Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1984.

_______. Praying the Psalms. A PACE Book. Winona MN:
    St. Mary's/Christian Bros., 1986.

_______. The Prophetic Imagination. Philadelphia:
    Fortress, 1978.

Craghan, John F. The Psalms: Prayers for the Ups,
    Downs, and In-Betweens of Life. A Literary-
    Experiential Approach. Background Books.
    Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1985.

Glynn, Paul. Psalms: Songs for the Way Home.
    Alexandria N.S.W., Australia: E. J. Dwyer, 1996.

Holladay, William L. The Psalms through Three Thousand
    Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses.
    Minneapolis: Augsburg/Fortress, 1993.

Hopkins, Denise Dombkowski. Journey through the
    Psalms: A Path to Wholeness. A Kaleidoscope Series
    Resource. New York: United Church, 1990.

Magonet, Jonathan. A Rabbi Reads the Psalms. London:
    SCM, 1994.

Miller, Patrick D. They Cried to the Lord: The Form and
    Theology of Biblical Prayer. Minneapolis: Augsburg/
    Fortress, 1994.

Polish, Daniel F. Bringing the Psalms to Life: How to
    Understand and Use the Book of Psalms. Woodstock,
    VT: Jewish Lights, 2000.

Weems, Ann. Psalms of Lament. Louisville, KY:
    Westminster/John Knox, 1995.

Westermann, Claus. The Living Psalms. Translated by
    J. R. Porter. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1989.

_______. Praise and Lament in the Psalms. Translated
    by Keith R. Crim and Richard N. Soulen. Atlanta: John
    Knox, 1981.

Woltestorff, Nicholas. Lament for a Son. Grand Rapids,
    MI: Eerdmans, 1987.

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Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 28
    (January, 1974). The entire issue is devoted to the
    Psalms of Lament.

• Achtemeier, Elizabeth. "Overcoming the World: An Exposition of Psalm 6."



• Bright, John. "A Prophet's Lament and Its Answer: Jeremiah 15:10-21."



• Brueggemann, Walter. "From Hurt to Joy, From Death to Life."



• Reumann, John H. "Psalm 22 and the Cross: Lament and Thanksgiving for Jesus Christ."



• Westermann, Claus. "The Role of Lament in the Theology of the Old Testament."

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