Praying the Psalms in Christ (ND Reading the Scriptures)
“This book offers suggestions about how the psalms can become the vehicles of Christ’s prayer in his Body the Church. The author works from the Hebrew text and is always quick to note where it yields greater depth or concreteness than the translations . . . this work is for students, ministers and all who have had some prior induction into the psalms and Scripture.” —Catholic Library World “The greatest strength of the book is its detailed cross-referencing. Throughout the commentary Kriegshauser refers to both Testaments, inviting readers into a deeper reflection on the biblical text as a whole. Another positive aspect is his brief introduction to and regular engagement with critical scholarship. Kriegshauser reads the psalms canonically; he keeps an eye on different genres of psalms and on recognizing the shape and shaping of the psalms as/into a book.” —The Catholic Biblical Quarterly"Many will profitably read Laurence Kriegshauser, O.S.B.'sPraying the Psalms in Christfrom cover to cover, but many more will gratefully consult it for its learned andlection divinaexposition. Psalm by psalm Kriegshauser smoothly keeps track of key Hebrew words, with their repetitions and their echoes, and he highlights them like a good docent in a cathedral or museum. He does not get in the way of the Way." --Review for Religious"Father Kriegshauser, a Benedictine monk in Missouri, takes a wholly traditional approach with hisPraying the Psalms in Christ,a patient verse-by-verse and image-by-image exposition of each psalm in the spirit of the most ancient patristic commentaries, although Kriegshauser does take good advantage of recent scholarship . . . as a year-long course with a learned priest, it will amply reward the patient Christian reader." —Library Journal