Erhard S. Gerstenberger was Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at the University of Marburg. Among his many publications are Der bittende ensch (1980/2010), Psalms, Part 1: With an Introduction to Cultic Poetry (1988), Yahweh-the Patriarch (1996/2021), Leviticus (1996), Psalms, Part 2 and Lamentations (2001), Theologies in the Old Testament (2002), Israel in the Persian Period (2012), Charting the Course of Psalms Research (Cascade, 2022), and Petition and Praise in the Old Testament (Cascade, 2024).