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The Psalms: An Introduction
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The Psalms: An Introduction. By James L. Crenshaw. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001, x + 187 pp., $15.00 paper.
Several textbook options for teachers of Psalms have appeared in recent years. For example, three books from very different perspectives are Bernhard W. Anderson, Out of the Depths: The Psalms Speak for Us Today (Westminster John Knox [2000]); C. Hassell Bullock, Encountering the Psalms: A Literary and Theological Introduction (Baker [2001; reviewed below]); and Alastair G. Hunte...
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The Structure of Psalms 93-100 / Reading the Psalms as a Book
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; DAVID M. HOWARD, JR., The Structure of Psalms 93-100 (Biblical and Judaic Studies from the University of California, San Diego 5; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1997). Pp. xvi + 231. $35. NORMAN WHYBRAY, Reading the Psalms as a Book (JSOTSup 222; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996). Pp. 137.
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Psalms
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; KONRAD SCHAEFER, O.S.B., Psalms (Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 2001). Pp. xlv + 399. $49.95. Consistent with the aims of the Berit Olam series, the purpose of Schaefer's commentary is the poetic analysis of the Book of
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Interpreting the Psalms: Issues and Approaches
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; DAVID FIRTH and PHILIP s. JOHNSTON, Interpreting the Psalms: Issues and Approaches (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2005). Pp. 345. Paper $24. This volume is a product of the Tyndale Fellowship Old Testament Study Group. Most of the contributors are members of this association of evangelical
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Major reviews -- The Lord Reigns: A Theological Handbook to the Psalms by James L. Mays
Interpretation
; READERS OF THIS JOURNAL will be familiar with Mays's commentary on the Book of Psalms in the Interpretation series (John Knox Press, 1994). The essays gathered here, written over a period of some 25 years, provide a companion volume for that commentary. They are ordered to follow what Mays
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Listening In: A Multicultural Reading of the Psalms
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; Listening In: A Multicultural Reading of the Psalms. By Stephen Breck Reid. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997, $9.95 paper. In this book Reid has focused attention on 42 psalms that he has arranged in three groups, all of which deal with what he calls the "self." As he puts it, "This book proclaims
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Astir With Gracious Words: The Psalms' Resurgence
Forward
; Mono, Brian Forward 12-26-2003 Rabbi Paul Plotkin's faith in God was confirmed by a single line from the Psalms, but for years nobody seemed to want to hear his story. Devastated by a painful divorce in 1994, the Conservative rabbi turned to his morning prayers for consolation; he found it in a
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Theopoetry of the Psalms
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; CAS j. A. vos, Theopoetry of the Psalms (London/New York: Clark, 2005). Pp. 423. Paper $49.95. This exceptionally wide-ranging work contains general introductions to Psalms and homiletical theory as well as detailed analyses of individual psalms and specific reflections on the role of the psalms in
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Introduction to the Psalms. A Song From Ancient Israel
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; Introduction to the Psalms. A Song From Ancient Israel. By Nancy L. deClaisse-Walford. St. Louis: Chalice, 2004, viii + 184 pp., $19.19 paper. Nancy deClaisse-Walford seeks to provide an introduction to the book of Psalms that is cognizant of the Psalter's shape and shaping. Toward this end, in her
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A Story of the Psalms: Conversation, Canon, and Congregation
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; ... psalms are the ultimate denial of reality and not yet authentic expressions of faith; such authenticity can come only when the bad news is finally acknowledged, which happens in Psalms 88-89. Psalm 93, following these psalms that told of the death of the monarchy ...
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Psalm 94 among the kingship-of-yhwh psalms
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; Bell & Howell Information and Learning: Foreign text omitted SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I published an essay in which I explored the relations among Psalms 90-94, the first five psalms in book 4 of the Psalter.1 I showed how significant links exist between every consecutive psalm and even among
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