The Psalms as Christian Scripture.
Reading the Psalms Theologically presents rich biblical-theological studies on the Psalter.
– Reading the Psalter as a Unified Book: Recent Trends (David M. Howard and Michael K. Snearly)
– The Macrostructural Design and Logic of the Psalter: An Unfurling of the Davidic Covenant (Peter C. W. Ho)
– David’s Biblical Theology and Typology in the Psalms: Authorial Intent and Patterns of the Seed of Promise (James M. Hamilton)
– A Story in the Psalms? Narrative Structure at the ‘Seams’ of the Psalter’s Five Books (David ‘Gunner’ Gunderson)
– Does the Book of Psalms Present a Divine Messiah? (Seth D. Postell)
– The Suffering Servant in Book V of the Psalter (Jill Firth)
– Excavating the ‘Fossil Record’ of a Metaphor: The Use of the Verb nasa’ as ‘to forgive’ in the Psalter (C. Hassell Bullock)
– The Art of Lament in Lamentations (May Young)
– The Psalms of Lament and the Theology of the Cross (Rolf A. Jacobson)
– ‘In Sheol, who can give you praise?’ Death in the Psalms (Philip S. Johnston)
– Psalm 32: More Accurately a Declarative Praise than Penitential Psalm (Daniel J. Estes)
– Theology of the Nations in the Book of Psalms (Ryan J. Cook)
– Psalm 87 and the Promise of Inclusion (Jamie A. Grant)
– YHWH Among the Gods: The Trial for Justice in Psalm 82 (Andrew J. Schmutzer)
– Reclaiming Divine Sovereignty in the Anthropocene: Psalms 93–100 and the Convergence of Theology and Ecology (J. Clinton Mc Cann)
– A Theology of Glory: Divine Sanctum and Service in the Psalter (Jerome Skinner)
– Perceptions of Divine Presence in the Levitical Psalms of Book 2: The Paradox of Distance and Proximity (J. Nathan Clayton)
– Psalm 110, Jesus, and Melchizedek (David C. Mitchell)
The essays interpret the Psalms as a carefully-composed book. Each study focuses on a biblical or theological topic, drawing insights from past interpreters and current scholarship.
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Andrew J. Schmutzer is professor of Bible at Moody Bible Institute and coeditor of The Psalms: Language for All Seasons of the Soul.