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| Editor's Preface | |
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| Publisher's Preface | |
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| To the Student | |
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| Author's Preface | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Encountering the Literary and Hermeneutical Dimensions of the Psalms | |
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| "Begin the Music": Introducing the Psalms | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Names of the Book | |
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| Nature of the Book | |
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| Place of the Book in the Canon | |
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| David's Place in the Book | |
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| Titles of the Psalms and Special Terms | |
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| Author Titles | |
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| Historical Titles | |
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| Titles of Literary or Musical Genre | |
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| Titles with Musical Terms | |
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| Titles with Musical Tunes | |
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| Musical Instruments | |
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| Singing | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Listening to the Symphony of Praise: Interpreting the Psalms | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Scanning the Orchestra: Hebrew Poetry | |
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| Parallelism | |
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| Synonymous Parallelism | |
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| Antithetic Parallelism | |
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| Strophe | |
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| Chiastic Structure | |
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| Reading the Psalms through the Psalmists' Experience | |
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| Reading the Psalms through the Editors' Experience | |
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| Reading the Psalms through the Readers' Experience | |
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| Reading the Psalms through the Apostles' Experience | |
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| Typology | |
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| Messianism | |
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| Reading the Psalms through the Literary Critics' Eyes | |
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| Reading the Psalms through the Students' Experience | |
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| Determine Who Is Speaking | |
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| Determine if the Psalm Is Personal or Corporate | |
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| Determine for What Purpose the Psalm Was Written | |
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| Determine the Emotional Orientation of the Psalm | |
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| Determine the Genre of the Psalm if Possible | |
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| Determine if There Is a Refrain or Recurring Words and Phrases | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| The Seams of the Garment of Praise: The Structure of the Book | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| The Fivefold Division of the Psalter | |
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| The Editorial Seams of the Book: Books 1-3 (Pss 1-89) | |
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| Book 1 (Pss 1-41) | |
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| Book 2 (Pss 42-72) | |
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| Book 3 (Pss 73-89) | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Editorial Seams of the Book: Books 4-5 (Pss 90-150) | |
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| Book 4 (Pss 90-106) | |
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| Book 5 (Pss 107-50) | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Final Shape of the Book: Psalms 1 and 146-50 | |
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| The Date of the Final Compilation of the Psalter | |
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| A Consideration of Authorship in the Shaping of the Book | |
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| Authorship | |
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| The Davidic Psalms | |
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| The Korah Psalms (Pss 42-49; 84-85; 87-88) | |
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| The Asaph Psalms (Pss 50; 73-83) | |
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| Songs of Ascents (Pss 120-34) | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Encountering the Psalms as Worship and Historical Reflection | |
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| The Psalms in Worship and Faith | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| The Psalms as an Expression of Shared Humanness | |
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| The Psalms as an Expression of Our Fragmentary Life | |
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| The Psalms as Preincarnational Revelation | |
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| The Psalms in the Qumran Scrolls | |
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| The Psalms in the New Testament | |
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| The Psalms in the Gospels | |
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| Paul's Use of the Psalms | |
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| The Psalms in the Epistle to the Hebrews | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Psalms in Temple Worship | |
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| The Psalms in Synagogue Worship | |
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| The Psalms in Christian Worship | |
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| The Church until the Reformation | |
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| The Psalms in the Reformation Church | |
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| The Psalms into the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Hiding the Psalms in One's Heart | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Encountering Theology and History in the Psalms | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Israel and Creation | |
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| The Patriarchs in Retrospect | |
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| The Exodus | |
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| Egyptian Bondage | |
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| Crossing of the Red Sea | |
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| Sinai | |
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| The Wilderness | |
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| Conquest | |
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| Life in the Land | |
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| The Monarchy | |
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| The Exile and Return | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Encountering the Psalms as Literary and Theological Types | |
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| "Praise the Lord, O My Soul; All My Inmost Being, Praise His Holy Name": The Psalms of Praise | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| The Anatomy of Praise | |
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| Form and Description of the Psalms of Praise | |
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| Major Themes of the Psalms of Praise | |
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| Creation | |
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| Creation by the Word of Command | |
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| Creation by Deed | |
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| Creation by Understanding | |
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| Creation by Power | |
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| The Beauty and the Language of Creation | |
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| Universality of God's Presence and Reign | |
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| God's Work in Israel's History | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| "My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?": Psalms of Lament | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Definition and Description of the Psalms of Lament | |
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| Subcategories of the Psalms of Lament | |
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| Identity of the Enemies/Evildoers in the Psalms | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| "I Love the Lord, for He Heard My Voice; He Heard My Cry for Mercy": Psalms of Thanksgiving | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Description of Form and Content | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Report of Crisis | |
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| Deliverance as an Accomplished Fact | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Life Situation (Sitz im Leben) of the Psalms of Thanksgiving | |
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| Content of the Individual Psalms of Thanksgiving | |
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| Community Psalms of Thanksgiving | |
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| Theological Implications of the Psalms of Thanksgiving | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| "The Lord Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want": Psalms of Trust | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Definition and Description of the Psalms of Trust | |
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| The Individual Psalms of Trust | |
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| Psalm 4 | |
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| Psalm 16 | |
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| Psalm 23 | |
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| Psalm 27 | |
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| Psalm 62 | |
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| Psalm 73 | |
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| The Community Psalms of Trust | |
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| Psalm 90 | |
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| Psalm 115 | |
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| Psalm 123 | |
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| Psalm 124 | |
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| Psalm 125 | |
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| Psalm 126 | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| "You Are My Son; Today I Have Become Your Father": Psalms of the Earthly King | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Identifying the Royal Psalms | |
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| The Setting of the Royal Psalms | |
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| The Royal Psalms and the Messiah | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| "The Lord Reigns": Psalms of the Heavenly King | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Description | |
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| Thematic Emphases | |
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| The Lord Is Sovereign in Righteousness and Justice | |
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| The Lord Is Sovereign in Creation | |
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| The Lord Is Sovereign in Judgment | |
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| The Lord Is the Sovereign King of the Future | |
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| The Messianic Overtones of the Kingship of Yahweh Psalms | |
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| Dating the Kingship of Yahweh Psalms | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| "My Mouth Will Speak Words of Wisdom": The Wisdom Psalms | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Wisdom Psalms | |
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| Definition and Description of Wisdom Psalms | |
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| Identifying Wisdom Psalms | |
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| Structure and Motif in the Wisdom Psalms | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| "The Law of the Lord Is Perfect, Reviving the Soul": The Psalms of Torah | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Description of the Torah Psalms and Definition of Torah | |
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| Description of the Torah Psalms | |
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| Definition of Torah | |
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| God's Ways | |
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| God's Works | |
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| God's Words | |
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| Torah Piety as the Spiritual Provenance of the Psalter | |
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| Torah and Wisdom | |
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| The Torah Psalms | |
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| Psalm 1 | |
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| Psalm 19 | |
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| Psalm 119 | |
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| Date of Composition of Psalm 119 | |
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| A Profile of the Author of Psalm 119 | |
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| The Torah Theology of Psalm 119 | |
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| Psalm 119 and the Nature of Torah | |
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| Psalm 119 and the Purpose of Torah | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| "May They Be Blotted Out of the Book of Life": The Imprecatory Psalms | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| The Imprecatory Psalms Defined | |
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| The Problem | |
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| The Solutions | |
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| The Nature of Poetry Itself | |
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| Effective Magic | |
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| An Inferior Ethic | |
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| Prediction over Pronouncement | |
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| Messianic | |
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| Human Vindictiveness over Divine Instruction | |
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| Representative of Human Injustice | |
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| The Words of Others | |
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| National Rather than Personal | |
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| Distinction between the Sin and the Sinner | |
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| Interpreting the Imprecatory Psalms as the Word of God | |
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| The Psalmist's Theological Perspective | |
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| The "Curses" | |
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| Principles of Judgment | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Notes | |
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| Select Bibliography of the Psalms | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Scripture Index | |