Interpreting the Psalms - by Philip S Johnston & David G Firth (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Editors David Firth and Philip Johnston help academic readers understand current approaches and issues in study of the Psalms, while also giving them a deeper appreciation for these poetic texts.

Review Quotes

For those who treasure, love and pray the psalms, this book will be a sheer delight, and, if used in the classroom, it will offer up so much for lay people that they will . . . say "Hallelujah!"

For those who treasure, love and pray the psalms, this book will be a sheer delight, and, if used in the classroom, it will offer up so much for lay people that they will . . . say "Hallelujah!"

About the Author

David Firth is Old Testament tutor and B.A. course leader at Cliff College, Derbyshire. He is the author of Responses to Violence in Complaint Psalms of the Individual (forthcoming).

Philip S. Johnston is Old Testament tutor and director of studies at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He has published studies of Israelite beliefs in the afterlife and is a review editor for Themelios. His other books include Les Psaumes, Shades of Sheol and The Land of Promise (coedited with Peter Walker).