Catherine Petrany, PhD
Books
Pedagogy, Prayer and Praise: The Wisdom of the Psalms and Psalter. Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe 83. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015.
Articles and Book Chapters
“The Language of Praise: Creation’s Silence in Psalms 19 and 65.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly (forthcoming).
“Fathers, Mothers, Sons, and Silence: Rhetorical Reconfiguration in Proverbs.” Biblical Theology Bulletin 50/3 (2020): 154-160.
“Words Fail Me: Silence, Wisdom, and Liturgy in Psalm 73.” Journal of Theological Interpretation 13/1, (2019): 113-127.
“Instruction, Performance, and Prayer: The Didactic Function of Psalmic Wisdom.” Pages 87-104 in The Shape and Shaping of the Book of Psalms: The Current State of Scholarship. Edited by Nancy deClaissé-Walford. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2014.
“Stewardship Theory, Servant Leadership and Clare of Assisi: Shifting Paradigms in Business Management.” (Co-authored with Robert Till, Ph.D.) Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities Journal 10 no.1, (2013): 43-55.
Other Essays
“Studying, Teaching and Praying the Book of Psalms,” New Camaldoli Hermitage newsletter (Fall 2024): 7.
“The Empty Art of Idol-Making and the Cosmic Art of Praise in Isaiah 44:6-23.” Bible Today 60/6 (2022): 325-331.
“Benedictine Silence in a Pandemic Classroom,” Church Life Journal, (August 12, 2020).
“Woman Wisdom Rejoices in Proverbs 8:30-31.” The Bible Today 57/5, (2019): 283-288.
Within the Word essays for Give Us This Day, Liturgical Press
“Singing Praise and Remembrance in the Psalms” (January, 2025)
“The ‘I’ and the ‘We’ of Psalm 23” (November, 2024)
“The Universal Priesthood of God’s People” (May, 2024)
“Silent Stories and Beloved Sons,” (February, 2024)
“Rumbling Bellies and Bread of Angels,” (July, 2023).
“Psalm 22 from the Cross,” (April, 2023).
“Shadows and Songs on the Feast of the Visitation,” (May, 2022).
“Jeremiah, Psalm 1, and the Math of the Cross,” (March, 2022).
“Woman Wisdom as Mystery and Presence,” (November, 2021).
“Place and Belonging in Psalm 87,” (April, 2021).
“Psalm 104: Infused with Divine Hospitality,” (February, 2021).
