Psalms Through the Centuries
Praise for Volumes 1 and 2:
?In showing how Jewish and Christian traditions feed off and against each other, or how musical manifestations from choral to Leonard Cohen keep the text alive or sitting at the feet of Marc Chagall or Damien Hirst (on Ps. 27) as they repaint the poetry, Gillingham leads readers through insight to understanding. A triumph.?
?Richard S. Briggs, review in The Society for Old Testament Study
?Gillingham?s commentary showcases her fullest treatment ? nothing short of a tour de force of interpretive coverage.?
?William P. Brown, review in Society for Biblical Literature
Volume Three of Psalms Through the Centuries: A Reception History Commentary on Psalms 73-151 provides the first ever extensive commentary on the Jewish and Christian reception history of the last three books of the Psalter (Psalms 73-89, 90-106, 107-151). This unique and expansive collection explores the various uses of Psalms over two millennia, in translation and commentary, liturgy and prayer, study and preaching, musical composition and artistic illustration, poetic and dramatic imitation, and contemporary discourse.
Lavishly illustrated with thirty colour plates and nineteen black and white images including musical scores and art, this final volume concludes the unique journey through the reception history of the Psalter which began with Volume 1 and Volume 2. It offers a detailed commentary on each psalm, including a comprehensive glossary of terms for readers less familiar with the subject and a full, selective bibliography with footnote references, and a clear index enabling searches for specific psalms, authors, or types of reception.
Published in the Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries series, Psalms Through the Centuries is a must-have resource for students and scholars of biblical studies, theology, and religion at universities, colleges, and seminaries, as well as an ideal book for use in preaching, or for private reflection on individual psalms.
