No single word or image conveys the mystery of God; we need many images in lively conversation and even then, all our language cannot capture the fullness of the living God. In Sing Many Names, scholar, musician, and professor at Duke Divinity Zebulon Highben invites the reader into conversation with the abundant images for God in the Bible, dedicating each chapter to an image or group of related images. Drawing on his scholarship and using the “Scriptural Images for God” in All Creation Sings as an organizing principle, this book invites pastors and musicians, teachers and students, and all who sing to reflect more deeply on the song of the church across time and space.

Several indexes are provided to assist the reader with the many hymns treated in the book: Scriptural Index, Source Index, Hymn Index by Chapter, and First Lines and Titles of Hymns.

Highben is associate professor of the practice of church music at Duke Divinity. He teaches courses in music and liturgy, conducts the Duke University Chapel Choir and Schola Cantorum, and oversees Duke Chapel’s extensive music program. His research interests include hymnody, liturgy, music and exegesis, the music of the Reformation, and the impact of the Second World War on German sacred music.