Psalms Through the Centuries (Blackwell Bible Commentaries)
Book Details
Author(s)
Susan Gillingham
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN
0470674903
ISBN-13
9780470674901
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Sales Rank
#1,857,559
Category
Paperback
Marketplace
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Description
This is the first of a two-volume bible commentary covering the Psalms and examining the role of these biblical poems throughout Jewish and Christian history.
- Provides a fascinating introduction to the literary, historical, and theological background of psalmody
- Examines the psalms through liturgy and prayer, study and preaching, translation and imitation, and musical composition and artistic illustration
- Includes illustrations of significant psalms, helpful maps, and an extensive bibliography; an expanded bibliography to accompany the book is also available at www.wiley.com/go/gillingham
- A forthcoming second volume is planned, which will take an alternative psalm-by-psalm approach
- Now available in paperback, and published in the innovative reception-history series, Blackwell Bible Commentaries
