Psalms Through the Centuries

Susan Gillingham
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  • ISBN: 0470674903, 9780470674901
  • Page count: 400
  • Published: 2012
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Psalms Through the Centuries: Volume One is the first of a two-volume Bible commentary covering the reception/interpretive history of the Psalms throughout the church's multifaceted history.

Provides a fascinating introduction to the literary, historical, and theological background of psalmodyExamines the Psalms through liturgy and prayer, study and preaching, translation and imitation, and musical composition and artistic illustrationIncludes illustrations of significant psalms, helpful maps, and an extensive bibliographyA forthcoming second volume is planned, which will take an alternative psalm-by-psalm approachNow available in paperback, and published in the innovative reception-history series, Blackwell Bible Commentaries

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About the Author

Susan Gillingham

Susan Gillingham is Fellow and Tutor in Theology at Worcester College and is Reader in the Old Testament at the University of Oxford. She has written various books and articles on the Psalms and Biblical Interpretation, including The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible (1994), One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies (1998) and The Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study (2002).