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How to Read the Psalms (How to Read Series How to Read)

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The Psalms possess an enduring fascination for us. For frankness, directness, intensity and intimacy, they’re unrivaled in all of Scripture. One way or the other the psalmists seem to have anticipated all our awe, desires and frustrations. No wonder Christians have used the Psalms in worship from the earliest times to the present. Yet the Psalms cause us difficulties when we look at them closely. Their poetry is unfamiliar in form. Many images they use are foreign to us today. And the psalmists occasionally express thoughts that seem unworthy of Scripture. Tremper Longman gives us the type of help we want to overcome the distance between the psalmists’ world and ours. He explains the more than a few kinds of psalms, the way they were used in Hebrew worship and their relationship to the remainder of the Old Testament. Then he looks at how Christians can appropriate their message and insights today. Turning to the art of Old Testament poetry, he explains the usage of parallelism and imagery. Step by step suggestions for interpretating the psalms on our own are followed by exercises for further study and reflection. Also included is a helpful guide to commentaries on the Psalms. Here is a book for all those who long to better bear in mind these mirrors of the soul.

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