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The Psalms through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses

The Psalms through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of WitnessesThe Psalms through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses

The Psalms through Three Thousand Years

Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses

William L. Holladay (Author)

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Until now, no book has conveniently combined treatment of the origins of the Psalms with attention to their Jewish and Christian use through history. William L. Holladay offers an illuminating and informative overview of the Psalms—chanted, sung, and recited by so great a cloud of witnesses (Hebrews 12:1) through the past three thousand years.

The broad scope and usefulness of the book are indicated by its major parts:
  • The Psalms Take Shape—A Reconstruction
  • The Psalter through History
  • Current Theological Issues
  • Publisher Fortress Press
  • Format Paperback
  • ISBN 9780800630140
  • Dimensions 6 x 9
  • Pages 412
  • Publication Date August 27, 1996

Endorsements

"In a serious work studded with human interest stories, Professor Holladay shows how the Psalms can be pitched to a modern key without losing the freshness of the first song...Read this work and you will make the Psalter your own prayer book."
— Frederick W. Danker

"I know of no other work that tells the story of the use of the Psalms in both Judaism and Christianity in such a fascinating and readable manner. Preacher and teacher will find here illustrative material drawing from sources ranging from the Farmer's Almanac to the sermons of Henry Ward Beecher and the writings of contemporary feminists. Holladay sparks ideas for letting the Psalms be heard in a fresh way, in all their glory and with all their grittiness."
— James Limburg

Table of Contents

    Abbreviations
    Introduction

  1. The Lord Is My Shepherd, Then and Now

    PART ONE: THE PSALMS TAKE SHAPE—A RECONSTRUCTION

  2. In the Beginning: Psalms Sung in David's Day
  3. Psalm from the North
  4. Psalms for the Temple of Solomon
  5. Hymns for the Second Temple
  6. Steps toward the Status of Scripture: The Psalms Are Collected, Annotated, and Translated

    PART TWO: THE PSALTER THROUGH HISTORY

  7. Psalms at the Dead Sea
  8. Texts for the First Christians: The Psalms in the New Testament
  9. The Psalms for Jews, from the First Century of the Common Era
  10. The Psalms for Christians: In the West until the Reformation, and in the East
  11. The Psalms for Reformation Protestants
  12. The Psalms in the Roman Catholic Church from the Council of Trent until the Second Vatican Council
  13. The Psalms across Space and Time: The Nineteenth Century
  14. The Psalms in the Churches Today: Protestants and Roman Catholics

    PART THREE: CURRENT THEOLOGICAL ISSUES
  15. Toughening Texts: Lament, Recovery, and Praise
  16. Censored Texts
  17. What Makes a Translation?
  18. Psalms for Whom?
  19. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord

    Epilogue: How the Twenty-third Psalm Became an American Secular Icon

    Appendixes

    Indexes
    Index of Scripture and Other Early Writings
    Index of Authors and Historical Persons
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