Reading the Psalms Theologically

Integrative approaches to the Psalter

Reading the Psalms Theologically presents rich biblical-theological studies on the Psalter.

• Reading the Psalter as a Unified Book: Recent Trends (David M. Howard and Michael K. Snearly)
• The Macrostructural Design and Logic of the Psalter: An Unfurling of the Davidic Covenant (Peter C. W. Ho)
• David's Biblical Theology and Typology in the Psalms: Authorial Intent and Patterns of the Seed of Promise (James M. Hamilton)
• A Story in the Psalms? Narrative Structure at the "Seams" of the Psalter's Five Books (David "Gunner" Gunderson)
• Does the Book of Psalms Present a Divine Messiah? (Seth D. Postell)
• The Suffering Servant in Book V of the Psalter (Jill Firth)
• Excavating the "Fossil Record" of a Metaphor: The Use of the Verb nasa' as "to forgive" in the Psalter (C. Hassell Bullock)
• The Art of Lament in Lamentations (May Young)
• The Psalms of Lament and the Theology of the Cross (Rolf A. Jacobson)
• "In Sheol, who can give you praise?" Death in the Psalms (Philip S. Johnston)
• Psalm 32: More Accurately a Declarative Praise than Penitential Psalm (Daniel J. Estes)
• Theology of the Nations in the Book of Psalms (Ryan J. Cook)
• Psalm 87 and the Promise of Inclusion (Jamie A. Grant)
• YHWH Among the Gods: The Trial for Justice in Psalm 82 (Andrew J. Schmutzer)
• Reclaiming Divine Sovereignty in the Anthropocene: Psalms 93-100 and the Convergence of Theology and Ecology (J. Clinton McCann)
• A Theology of Glory: Divine Sanctum and Service in the Psalter (Jerome Skinner)
• Perceptions of Divine Presence in the Levitical Psalms of Book 2: The Paradox of Distance and Proximity (J. Nathan Clayton)
• Psalm 110, Jesus, and Melchizedek (David C. Mitchell)

The essays interpret the Psalms as a carefully-composed book. Each study focuses on a biblical or theological topic, drawing insights from past interpreters and current scholarship.