John Eaton, The Psalms: A Historical and Spiritual Commentary with an Introduction and New Translation

Bibliographical details: Eaton, J. H. (2003). The Psalms: A Historical and Spiritual Commentary with an Introduction and New Translation. London: T & T Clark International. Publisher’s information: Remarkably enough, there is a scarcity of modern commentaries on the Psalms for the more general reader, despite the fact that, after the Gospels, they are probably the [...]

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Walter Brueggemann, The Psalms and the Life of Faith

Bibliographical details: Brueggemann, W. (1995). The Psalms and the Life of Faith, ed. P. D. Miller. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. Publisher’s information: ‘The Psalms, for Walter Brueggemann, are not simply ancient texts or routinized elements of a liturgy. As they come to speech, as they are read, they make claims about reality, indeed shape reality in [...]

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Bruce C. Birch, Walter Brueggemann, Terence E. Fretheim and David L. Petersen, A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament

Bibliographical details: Birch, B. C., W. Brueggemann, T. E. Fretheim, and D. L. Petersen. (1999). A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament. Nashville: Abingdon Press. Publisher’s information: This Theological Introduction to the Old Testament helps readers come to a critically informed understanding of the Old Testament as the church’s scripture. It introduces the Old Testament [...]

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