Seeing the Psalms: A Theology of Metaphor
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IllustrationsviiPrefaceixAbbreviations and SymbolsxiIntroduction: A Poetics of the Psalmic Imagination1The Iconic Metaphor3The Poetic Imagination8Contemporary Context13Modus Operandi141."In the Shadow of Shaddai": The Metaphor of Refuge15Introduction16The Refuge Metaphor182."I Shall Walk in Freedom": The Metaphor of Pathway31The Way of Tora32Path of Peril and Salvation36Pathway and Refuge39The "Ritual" of Habitation513.The Transplanted Tree: Psalm 1 and the Psalter's Threshold55Translation55Tree and Tora57True Tree: Positive Connotations58Knotty Tree: Negative Connotations71The Arbor in the Psalter's Landscape75Conclusion784.The Sun of Righteousness: Psalm 19 and the Joy of Lex81Translation81Deus Praesens: The Background of Solar Imagery84Reading Psalm 1989The Purification of the Individual97The Light of the Law99Image and Icon: The Synagogue Mosaics100Conclusion1035.The Voice of Many Waters: From Chaos to Community105Fear of Drowning106Affliction as Desiccation121Refreshment and Renewal122From Thirst to Inundation: Psalm 42:1-81326.The Song of Leviathan: God's Theater of Praise135Animals as Metaphors136From Metaphor to Creation153Call of the Wild: The Conclusion of the Psalter1627."On You I Was Cast from My Birth": The Anatomy of a Personal God167The Distinctiveness of Divinity167Divine Anatomy169Roles of God1878."As the Mountains Surround Jerusalem": Mapping the Divine197Light197Metaphors of Protection199Fountain203Possession: "Portion" and "Cup"204Conclusion: In Defense of Iconic Reflection: The Case of Psalm 139207The Metaphorical Contours of Psalm 139207Postscript: A Theology of Prayer and Poesis213Notes217Scripture and Ancient Source Index263Author/Subject Index271
