About the book
Psalm 82 is a mythopoeic psalm that is often overlooked as simplistic, confusing, or just out of place. Across more than a century of scholarship, academics have argued for various interpretations of the first verse, proving only that it is easy to get caught up in the mythical mysteries of the ancient concept of divine council. Approaching Psalm 82 as ethical liturgy, however, reveals a deeply sophisticated, prophetic summons to actively embrace justice for the poor, marginalized, and disenfranchised in one’s community. This book explores the origins of Psalm 82, its use as liturgy in early Israelite cultic practice, and its reception as resistance literature in the Second Temple period.
About the author
Dr. Erica Mongé-Greer is a researcher and author. She holds a PhD in Divinity from the University of Aberdeen, specializing in biblical ethics, mythopoeia, and resistance theory. Her research involves justice advocacy for the poor and resistance literature in ancient religious and mythopoeic texts.
Also by Erica: So Say We All: Religion, Spirituality, and the Divine in Battlestar Galactica, and the On the Path series guide Cosmos & Creation. Coming soon from Baker Academic: Is the Bible Myth?