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Preaching and Teaching the Psalms

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ISBN-10: 0664230415

ISBN-13: 9780664230418

Edition: 2006

Authors: James L. Mays, Patrick D. Miller, Gene M. Tucker

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Renowned and beloved Psalms scholar James Luther Mays shares in this book some of his most influential ideas about the Psalms, and shows the reader how this rich Old Testament poetry can be taught and preached in the church. The books editors, Patrick Miller and Gene Tucker, have carefully brought together Mays? best insights into the meaning of the Psalms and shown us in his sermons how a master with a love for the church handles these beautiful texts. Mays begins by explaining the basic concepts needed to understand and interpret the Psalms and reviewing the scholarship and trends in Psalms interpretation. Throughout he treats the Psalms not just as ancient texts for scholarly study, but…    
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Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 3/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 189
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

James Luther Mays is Cyrus M. McCormick Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He was the general editor of the best-selling Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching series, and is author of many books, including Psalms in the Interpretation series and The Lord Reigns: A Theological Handbook to the Psalms.

Patrick D. Miller is the Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, and author of Deuteronomy.

Editors' Foreword
Studying the Psalms
Psalms and Prayer: Congregational Lectures on Prayer-Psalms as Lesson and Liturgy
Past and Present and Prospect in Psalm Study
"Maker of Heaven and Earth": Creation in the Psalms
The Self in the Psalms and the Image of God
The God Who Reigns: The Book of Psalms
The Question of Context in Psalm Interpretation
Calvin's Commentary on the Psalms: The Preface as Introduction
Interpreting the Psalms
What Is a Human Being? Reflections on Psalm 8
Old Testament Psalm, Cry of Jesus, and Christian Prayer: Psalm 22
A Closer Look: Psalm 23
"... me, a sinner": Psalm 51
Mercy Joined to Loving-Kindness: Psalm 103
There the Blessing: An Exposition of Psalm 133
"He Comes to Reign": Psalms 82, 24, and 98
Preaching the Psalms
Delight in the Law: Psalm 1
On Needing the Wrath of God: Psalm 9:19
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Psalm 13
Getting a New Heart: Psalm 51
Joy to the World: Psalm 98
A Psalm for Thanksgiving: Psalm 100
Language for Lent: Psalm 142
Notes