Bill Brown - Psalms in Dialogue amidst Disruption

Episode: These are times of deep division and disruption. Saying so is almost as obvious as saying, "The sky is blue." But finding a way to dialogue through division and disruption is perplexing business, and can be dispiriting! However, the Psalms offer a profound model of holding tensions, diverse viewpoints, and conflicting ideas within one songbook, and also model creative dialogue with a wide range of Old Testament perspectives, so argues William P. Brown in his book Deep Calls to Deep: The Psalms in Dialogue Amidst Disruption (Abingdon, 2021). We discuss Psalms-as-dialogue and much more (including a discussion of the James Webb Space Telescope) in this episode! Guest:  William P. Brown is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. Bill has published numerous books, including Deep Calls to Deep: The Psalms in Dialogue and Disruption (Abingdon, 2021). A Handbook to Old Testament Exegesis (WJK 2017) Sacred Sense: Discovering the Wonder of God’s Word and World (Eerdmans 2015) The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder (Oxford 2010) Seeing the Psalms: A Theology of Metaphor (WJK 2002) The Ethos of the Cosmos: The Genesis of Moral Imagination in the Bible (Eerdmans, 1999) The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms (Oxford 2014) Give: Visit our Donate Page if you want to help support the ongoing work of OnScript!