This volume explores the ways in which Jerusalem is represented in Psalms - from its position
in the context of liturgical and pilgrim songs to its role as metaphor. Jerusalem in the Book
of Psalms is the site of scenes of redemption joy and celebration of the proximity to God and
the house of the Lord. But it is also the quintessential locus of loss marked by cries over
the devastating destruction of the Temple. These two antithetical poles of Jerusalem are
expressed in both personal terms as well as within a collective framework. The bulk of the
articles are devoted to questions of reception to the ways in which the geographies of the
Book of Psalms have travelled across their native bounds and entered other historical settings
acquiring new forms and meanings.
