The King as Exemplar: The Function of Deuteronomy's Kingship Law in the Shaping of the Book of Psalms From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Nelson, Richard D | Copyright Catholic Biblical Association of America Jul 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

JAMIE A. GRANT, The King as Exemplar: The Function of Deuteronomy's Kingship Law in the Shaping of the Book of Psalms (SBL Academia Biblica 17; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2004). Pp. xviii + 335. Paper $42.95.

In this dissertation (directed by J. Gordon McConville), Jamie A. Grant advances the case that the "law of the king" (Deut 17:14-20) served as the "intellectual paradigm" behind certain important features in the editing of the Book of Psalms. The argument runs as fol...

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