A Theological Introduction to the Book of Psalms

A Theological Introduction to the Book of Psalms
Author: Prof. J. Clinton McCann JR.
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426750072

Taking his point of departure from the newest frontier of research, McCann reads the psalms in the context of their final shape and canonical form. He interprets the psalms as scripture as well as in their character as songs, prayers, and poetry from Israel's history. McCann's intent is to contribute to the church's recovery of the psalms as torah--as instruction, as a guide to prayer, praise of God, and pious living. The explicit connections which McCann draws from the psalms to the New Testament and to Christian faith and life are extensive, making his work suitable for serious study of the psalms in academic and in church settings. An appendix examines the tradition of singing the psalms and offers suggestions for the use of the psalms in worship.

Psalms as Torah

Psalms as Torah
Author: Gordon J. Wenham
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801031680

An internationally-renowned Old Testament scholar explores the riches of the Psalms, expounding the ways they shape those who read them.

Songs Ascending

Songs Ascending
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-10
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9780881232707

"A new, poetic translation of the Book of Psalms faces the Masoretic Hebrew text. A running textual commentary takes us inside the translation process. A second, spiritual commentary connects each psalm to the events, struggles, and triumphs in our spiritual lives"--

The Book of Psalms in Plain English

The Book of Psalms in Plain English
Author: Aaron Lichtenstein
Publisher: Urim Publications
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9655240703

The ideas and emotions that make the book of Psalms such a powerful text for Judaism and Christianity alike are brilliantly captured in this deft translation by a scholar of Judaism. Aaron Lichtenstein offers the English translation in verse, just as the original Hebrew text is in poetry, in the various poetic modes required by the myriad moods and messages. Readers will be moved by the inspiring words of the Psalms in this essential resource.

Four Approaches to the Book of Psalms

Four Approaches to the Book of Psalms
Author: Uriel Simon
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1438420099

Uriel Simon describes the fascinating controversy that raged from the tenth to the twelfth centuries regarding the theological status and literary genre of the Psalms. Saadiah Gaon, who initiated the controversy, claimed that the Psalter was a second Torah—the Lord's word to David—and by no means man's prayer to God. Salmon ben Yerucham and Yefet ben Ali insisted on the Karaite view that the Book of Psalms was the prophetic common prayerbook of Israel. Totally opposing both of these concepts, Rabbi Moses Ibn Giqatilah regarded the Psalms as non-prophetic prayers authored by different poets, beginning with David and ending with the captive Levites in the Babylonian exile. Finally, Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra reverted to the belief held by the Talmudic sages—that the Psalms were Israel's divinely inspired and most sacred poetry. The book also includes the full text of a previously unknown introduction to Ibn Ezra's lost commentary on the Psalms, which is much more elaborate and revealing than the introduction to his familiar classical commentary.

The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary

The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
Author: Robert Alter
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2009-09-22
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0393337049

In his brilliant new translation of one of the Bibles most cherished and powerful books, Alter captures the simplicity, physicality, and coiled rhythmic power of the Hebrew, restoring the remarkable eloquence of these ancient poems.

Opening Your Heart with Psalm 27

Opening Your Heart with Psalm 27
Author: Rabbi Debra J. Robbins
Publisher: CCAR Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0881233463

This volume is a compelling invitation to meditate on the deeper meaning of the fourteen verses of Psalm 27. During the month of Elul and the High Holy Day and Festival season, we reflect on our relationships, choices, beliefs, and practices, considering where to make repairs, adjustments, and atonement. Opening Your Heart with Psalm 27 provides gentle guidance through this journey of reflection, offering heartfelt insight, profound translation, and an invaluable framework for meaningfully participating in this annual spiritual practice.

Psalms of the Jewish Liturgy

Psalms of the Jewish Liturgy
Author: Miriyam Glazer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9780916219413

In this study of the psalms of the Jewish liturgy, Rabbi Miriyam Glazer brings these well-known psalms alive. She focuses on each psalm's pathos, power, richness of imagery, and spiritual beauty. This work concentrates on the psalm-as-prayer, showing how lines are connected with one another and how each psalm can take its reader on an inner journey. The author also explains the role each psalm plays in its liturgical setting.

The Flow of the Psalms

The Flow of the Psalms
Author: O. Palmer Robertson
Publisher: P&r Pub.
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2015-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781629951331

An investigation by O. Palmer Robertson that uncovers the mystery of the arrangement and structure of the Psalms and shows that there is a redemptive flow through its five books.

A New Psalm

A New Psalm
Author: Benjamin J. Segal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9789652296184

This is a commentary and guide to reading the Book of Psalms as literature. After an introduction, each psalm is interpreted in light of biblical scholarship, ancient and modern, with an emphasis on the poetic presentation. The commentary elucidates the spiritual quests, insights, and struggles of generations of men and women confronting their world and their place in that world, with no subject, be it faith or non-belief, good or evil, hope or despair, God or man, the individual or the society, the nation or the nations, left unexplored. Sophisticated poets who knew how to speak to both their peers and the masses, the psalmists used words creatively to allow their readers to search their own hearts. The words are ancient, but the questions are immediate and modern. The Psalms has contributed to the thinking and search of people across the millennia. It is truly poetry of the heart. In this commentary, modern research and insight allow the poems to sing once again. No other commentary brings a combination of classical and modern interpretations to the Book of Psalms, along with a real appreciation for the poetic skills of the poets and an acknowledgement of their own struggles and strivings. Uniquely identifying the literary techniques used by the psalmist, the author opens the psalms to the reader through an integrated appreciation of form and content.