RT Article T1 Do Justice and Peace Really Kiss Each Other? JF Vetus Testamentum VO 67 IS 3 SP 387 OP 402 A1 Eder, Sigrid 1975- LA English PB Brill YR 2017 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1562139290 AB While Lady Wisdom, Zion and Jerusalem, for example, are well-known and frequently analyzed personifications in the Old Testament, the study of personifications in the book of psalms is a research desideratum. After presenting the theoretical background of the term personification with special focus on the function of the verb, I will present the results of verb personifications in the psalter followed by a textual analysis of the personified virtues of steadfast love, truth, justice and peace in Ps 85:11. One example of the encounter between justice and peace in the form of a kiss, from Christian reception history, forms the last part of the article. The paper aims to contribute to the broad and intense discussion of metaphor analysis in psalms research on the three levels of theory, of textual analysis of the whole book of psalms and of Ps 85,11 and the reception history of metaphors. K1 theory of personification : verb metaphor : metaphor analysis : book of psalms : Psalm 85 : reception history of metaphors DO 10.1163/15685330-12341284