Out of the Depths, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded: The Psalms Speak for Us Today

by Bernhard W. Anderson, Roy Steven Bishop

Overview

In this revision of his classic text, Bernhard Anderson takes into account recent developments in psalm study as well as advances in scholarship. Still faithful to his earlier commitment to form-critical approach, Anderson revises every chapter and adds three new ones: on the style and poetry of the psalms, on the penitential psalms, and on reading the book of psalms as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664258320
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	05/01/2000
Edition description:	Revised and Exp
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Bernhard W. Anderson was Professor of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. A noted educator, author, and biblical scholar, Anderson is perhaps best known for his textbook, Understanding the Old Testament, which set records in sales for a book in that field and is read in translation around the world.

Roy Steven Bishop is a former Lecturer at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. He has also served as a minister for churches in Texas and Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
	Acknowledgments	xiii
1.	Songs of a Pilgrim People	1
2.	The Poetry of Prayer and Praise	21
3.	Narrative Praise	35
4.	The Trials of Faith	49
5.	Psalms of a Broken and Contrite Heart	77
6.	Singing a New Song	97
7.	The Wonder of God's Creation	121
8.	Zion, the City of God	147
9.	Like a Tree Planted by Waters	177
10.	Reading the Book of Psalms as a Whole	201
	Appendices
A.	Outline of Psalms Considered in This Study	213
B.	Index of Psalms according to Type	219
C.	Quotations from Old Testament Psalms in the New Testament	225
	Notes	229
	Selected Bibliography	243
	Index of Biblical Passages	247