Psalms, The
Subtitle: An Introduction
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: Nov 03, 2014
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780809148806
Description: The Psalms: An Introduction is a concise literary, historical, theological, and spiritual introduction for graduate students, including seminarians, to what is arguably the most popular book of the Old Testament. Part I of The Psalms explains such general issues as titles, numbering, collections, classification, context, poetic structure, language, main theological ideas, and Christian appropriation. Part II studies eleven major categories of psalms classified according to their literary genre. The book's division into twelve chapters makes it appropriate for adoption in a one-semester course. In addition, each chapter covers a well-defined classification of psalms and invites the reader to analyze a psalm in that classification. Thus The Psalms engages readers in active participation and understanding of the Bible's most enduring book of prayer. (Back cover).
Notes: Source title: Psalms, The: An Introduction