My contribution to the article on the genre of psalms surveys very briefly the kinds of “psalms” that Muslims have written, including divine exhortations spoken by God to the prophet David as well as human prayers, praises, laments, admonitions, and works of modern poetry. It has now been published in the online edition of De Gruyter’s monumental Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception:

“Psalm (Genre): IV Islam.” In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online, ed. Brennan Breed, Constance M. Furey, Peter Gemeinhardt, Joel Marcus LeMon, Thomas Chr. Römer, Jens Schröter, Yvonne Sherwood and Barry Dov Walfish. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2026. https://www.degruyterbrill.com/database/ebr/entry/key_41a45a1c-c538-486b-ae5b-337df4aa45e0/html#key_41a45a1c-c538-486b-ae5b-337df4aa45e0.d8e467

It is part of a larger article covering the genre of psalm in the Ancient Near East and Jewish and Christian Scriptures, in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and in Literature and Music.

Peter Gemeinhardt, Christina Hoegen-Rohls, Dirk Human, Joel M. LeMon, Nils Holger Petersen, Sophie Ramond, Yvonne Sherwood and David Vishanoff. “Psalm (Genre).” In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online, ed. Brennan Breed, Constance M. Furey, Peter Gemeinhardt, Joel Marcus LeMon, Thomas Chr. Römer, Jens Schröter, Yvonne Sherwood and Barry Dov Walfish. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2026. https://www.degruyterbrill.com/database/EBR/entry/key_41a45a1c-c538-486b-ae5b-337df4aa45e0/html

The entry should appear in vol. 26 of the print version of the EBR in December 2026.