The Spirituality of the Psalms.(Book Review)(Brief Article)

From: Commonweal | Date: January 17, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The Spirituality of the Psalms Carroll Stuhlmueller Liturgical Press, $19.95, 208 pp.

When Carroll Stuhlmueller died in 1994, he left behind a nearly finished manuscript on the psalms. Carol Dempsey, O.P., and Timothy Lenchak, S.V.D., completed the work, and we owe them an immense debt. This wonderful study, blending fine scholarship with a keen sense of the psalms as prayer, honors the memory of a great priest and teacher. I have a small collection of books on the psalms, which favors studies that draw upon the classic commentators, while addressing the life of prayer. This ...

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