The Psalms as Israel\'s Prayer and Our Own

Contents: Introduction. 1. The Shape and Story of the Book of Psalms. 2. Methods for Reading the Psalms. 3. The Psalms as the Quintessential Prayers for Today. Index.

The Psalms as Israel's Prayer and Our Own is an introduction to the Psalms for the lay Christian. It brings the insights of contemporary scholarship on the book of Psalms to the reader in order to enrich and encourage the prayerful reading of the Psalms. It explains clearly the features of the Psalter, always with a view to contemporary prayer.