{"product_id":"how-to-read-the-psalms-9780877849414","title":"How to Read the Psalms","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Psalms possess an enduring fascination for us. For frankness, directness, intensity and intimacy, they are unrivaled in all of Scripture. Somehow the psalmists seem to have anticipated all our awe, desires and frustrations. No wonder Christians have used the Psalms in worship from the earliest times to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the Psalms cause us difficulties when we look at them closely. Their poetry is unfamiliar in form. Many images they use are foreign to us today. And the psalmists sometimes express thoughts that seem unworthy of Scripture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTremper Longman gives us the kind of help we need to overcome the distance between the psalmists' world and ours. He explains the various kinds of psalms, the way they were used in Hebrew worship and their relationship to the rest of the Old Testament. Then he looks at how Christians can appropriate their message and insights today. Turning to the art of Old Testament poetry, he explains the use of parallelism and imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStep-by-step suggestions for interpretating the psalms on our own are followed by exercises for further study and reflection. Also included is a helpful guide to commentaries on the Psalms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is also visiting professor of Old Testament at Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and adjunct of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He lectures regularly at Regent College in Vancouver and the Canadian Theological Seminary in Calgary.Longman is the author or coauthor of over twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Genesis, How to Read the Psalms, How to Read Proverbs, Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation, Old Testament Essentials\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eA Complete Literary Guide to the Bible.\u003c\/i\u003e He and Dan Allender have coauthored \u003ci\u003eBold Love, Cry of the Soul, Intimate Allies, The Intimate Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e and the Intimate Marriage Bible studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183631794450,"sku":"9780877849414","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_328ada60-8d27-4724-a536-6e5c6d6eb28c.jpg?v=1744473480","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-read-the-psalms-9780877849414","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}