On the Book of Psalms Exploring the Prayers

This book is the result of a lifetime of study of the Hebrew Bible by a mature scholar whose love of the Tanakh, and especially of the Psalter, shines through on every page.

Nahum M. Sarna is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Brandeis University. He is the author of Understanding Genesis and Exploring Exodus.

Preface

ix

Introduction

3

(22)

Psalm 1: The Moral Individual-The Immoral Society

25

(24)

Psalm 8: Two Paradoxes: God and Human Beings

49

(20)

Psalm 19: The Excellence of Torah: An Anti-pagan Polemic

69

(28)

Psalm 15 and 24: Morality and Worship

97

(40)

Psalm 30: Thanksgiving for Recovery from Illness

137

(14)

Psalm 48: A Zion Hymn

151

(16)

Psalm 82: A Judgment on the Judges

167

(10)

Psalm 93: The Lord Is King!

177

(12)

Psalm 94: How Long Shall Evil Prevail?

189

(16)

Afterword

205

(4)

Abbreviations

209

(4)

Notes

213

(52)

Bibliography

265

(16)

General Index

281

(14)

Biblical Reference Index

295

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On the Book of Psalms Exploring the Prayers of Ancient Israel

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