Psalms as a grammar for faith : Prayer and praise

[The author] traces the way the Psalms exemplify and create a grammar for living a life of faith. He explores both the genre and shape of the Psalter and focuses upon the themes of lament and of praise. He concludes that the Psalter directs readers to use the psalms of lament and praise as models... Full description

Main Author:	Bellinger, W. H.
Published:	Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2019
Subjects:	BIBLE.O.T. - PSALMS - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC. PRAISE OF GOD - BIBLICAL TEACHING. LAMENTS IN THE BIBLE.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
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100		\|a Bellinger, W. H.
245		\|a Psalms as a grammar for faith : \|b Prayer and praise \|h [electronic resource]
260		\|a Waco, Texas : \|b Baylor University Press, \|c 2019.
300		\|a eBook
500		\|a Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
520		\|a [The author] traces the way the Psalms exemplify and create a grammar for living a life of faith. He explores both the genre and shape of the Psalter and focuses upon the themes of lament and of praise. He concludes that the Psalter directs readers to use the psalms of lament and praise as models for life, depending on God's justice in times of anger, singing God's praise in times of thanksgiving, and always acknowledging God as Lord over hardships and blessings. Only in this way, he argues, can humans live the faith of the Psalms -- a faith defined by complete dependence on God. -- paraphrased from jacket.
650		\|a BIBLE.O.T. - PSALMS - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC.
650		\|a PRAISE OF GOD - BIBLICAL TEACHING.
650		\|a LAMENTS IN THE BIBLE.
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Psalms as a grammar for faith : Prayer and praise

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