King David playing the lyre in a scene from a 15th-century manuscript of the Book of Psalms. Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images The earliest musical ...

For in the midst of all the injustices that confront us every time we check news headlines, remembering is as crucial as forgiving. Douglass told the audience at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York ...

Penn State University Press recently announced the publication of Hebrew Psalms and the Utrecht Psalter: Veiled Origins, by Professor Pamela Berger: "In a major departure from previous scholarship, ...

Leonard Bernstein’s 1965 work “Chichester Psalms” is not heard in First Congregational Church every year. Or every decade. The First Church Choir most recently sang the piece four decades ago — on Nov ...

“Louder!” a woman hollered from the back of the auditorium. Onstage, Elam Rotem paused in the middle of a sentence. His eyebrows inched towards his hairline. It was a gentle night in late February, ...

The Qur’an states: “And We have preferred some prophets over others, and We gave (Prophet/King) David, Psalms.” (17:55) and “David! We did indeed make you a viceregent [khalîfah] on earth: so judge ...

On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass made a biblical Psalm—Psalm 137—best known for its opening line, “By the Rivers of Babylon,” a centerpiece of ...

Singing Hebrew psalms with a Jamaican lilt over bass-heavy “riddims,” Matisyahu (right) may have hit upon the year’s most unlikely formula for pop success: Hasidic Judaism and reggae. Now the ...