This text introduces the book of Psalms and provides an exposition of each psalm with attention to genre, liturgical connections, societal issues and the psalm's place in the book of Psalms as a whole. The treatments of the psalms feature a close look at particular issues raised by the text and the encounters between the world of the psalm and the world of contemporary readers. The exposition of each psalm provides a reader's guide to the text in conversation with relevant theological issues.
| ISBN: | 9780521600767 |
| Publication date: | 17th February 2014 |
| Author: | Walter Brueggemann, Jr, William H Baylor University, Texas Bellinger |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 660 pages |
| Series: | New Cambridge Bible Commentary |
| Genres: |
Christianity Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts |