Keywords: Trauma healing, Ruth, lament psalms, empirical, community
Dr. June F. Dickie (Ph.D., UKZN) is a Bible translator and researcher with particular interests in the Psalms, Performance, and Psychological Hermeneutics. She has worked in various communities since 1994, mainly in Africa. Currently, she is part of a team developing a new methodology for translating Psalms, using orality and performance. One of the pilot studies is with the colored community (RSA), helping them to translate the Bible into their language, Kaaps.