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Author Thompson, David L. (David Loren), 1940-

Title Psalms 1-72 : a commentary in the Wesleyan tradition / David L. Thompson
Published Kansas City : Beacon Hill Press, [2015]

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Series New Beacon Bible commentary
New Beacon Bible commentary.
Contents Cover Page ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; DEDICATED ; COMMENTARY EDITORS; TABLE OF CONTENTS ; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Glossary; Bibliography; INTRODUCTION; A. The Importance of the Biblical Psalter; B. The Psalms as a Collection; C. Psalm Superscriptions; 1. Attribution; 2. Instrumentation; 3. Tune or Song Titles; 4. Song/Psalm Types; 5. Uses; 6. Historical Notes; D. The Psalms as Poetry; 1. Early Responses to Poetic Scripture; 2. Modern Approaches to Hebrew Poetic Rhythm; 3. Parallelism and Hebrew Poetry; 4. Hebrew Poetry and Terseness
5. Significance of Poetic ScriptureE. Recent Study of the Psalter; 1. Recent Study and Psalm Types; 2. The Psalms and Israel's Worship; 3. The Editorial Shape of the Psalter; F. Authorship, Date, Audience, Provenance, Composition, and Occasion of the Psalter; 1. Authorship; 2. Date, Audience, Provenance, and Composition; 3. Occasion; G. Hermeneutical Issues; H. Theological Emphases in the Psalter; 1. The Lord Rules the Cosmos Faithfully and Mercifully; 2. Those Centered Wholly in the Will of God Have Abundant Life; 3. Worship Constitutes the Appropriate Human Response to God
I. The Text of the PsalterCOMMENTARY; Book I: Psalms 1-41; The Two Ways: Torah and Destruction (1:1-6); Yahweh's Royal Son (2:1-12); Yahweh: Shield from Many Foes (3:1-8 [2-9 HB]); Who Can Show Us the Good Life? (4:1-8 [2-9 HB]); Prayer for Rescue from Lethal Lies (5:1-12 [2-13 HB]); Prayer in the Face of Discipline (6:1-10 [2-11 HB]); Prayer for Yahweh's Judgment (7:1-17 [2-18 HB]); Praise for Glorious Yahweh's Glorious Human (8:1-9 [2-10 HB]); Prayer for Yahweh's Rule over Haughty Humans (9:1-20 [2-21 HB]); Let the Hidden Yahweh Act (10:1-18); Refuge at Yahweh's Throne (11:1-7)
Help in Yahweh's War of Words (12:1-8 [2-9 HB])Prayer of the Distressed (13:1-6 [2-6 HB]); Prayer When Fools Prevail (14:1-7); Who Inhabits Yahweh's Hill? (15:1-5); Life in the Path of Life (16:1-11); Prayer for Rescue and Vindication (17:1-15); Song of Yahweh, the King's Rock and Refuge (18:1-50 [2-51 HB]); On Being Acceptable to God (19:1-14 [2-15 HB]); Affirmation of Yahweh's Blessing of the King (20:1-9 [2-10 HB]); The King's Trust in Yahweh (21:1-13 [2-14 HB]); Thanksgiving for Delivery from Desertion (22:1-31 [2-32 HB]); Praise Yahweh the Royal Shepherd (23:1-6)
Praise Yahweh the Glorious King (24:1-10)Prayer for Rescue and Instruction (25:1-22); Prayer for Vindication of a Blameless One (26:1-12); Yahweh, My Light and Life (27:1-14); Prayer for Yahweh to Shepherd His People (28:1-9); Praise to the Enthroned One (29:1-11); Thanksgiving for Wailing Turned to Dancing (30:1-12 [2-13 HB]); A Prayer for Refuge in Yahweh's Love (31:1-24 [2-25 HB]); A Witness: The Blessings of Forgiveness (32:1-11); Praise for the Creator's Counsel (33:1-22); Instruction in Yahweh's Goodness (34:1-22 [2-23 HB]); Prayer for Vindication and Rescue (35:1-28)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
SUBJECT Bible. Psalms, I-LXXII -- Commentaries
Subject RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Wisdom Literature.
Genre/Form Commentaries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780834131071
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9780834138742
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