General Sources on the

Psalms

Updated July 16, 2002

Anderson, Bernhard W. Out of the Depths. 3rd rev. ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999.

Bellinger, Jr., William H. Psalms: Reading and Studying the Book of Praises. Hendrickson, 19--.

Brueggemann, Walter. Message of Psalms. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 19--.

Creach, Jerome F. D. Yahweh as Refuge and the Editing of the Hebrew Psalter. JSOTSup 217. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.

Gillingham, S. E. The Poems and Songs of the Hebrew Bible. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 19--.

Green, Barbara. Like a Tree Planted: An Exploration of the Psalms and Parables Through Metaphor. Connections. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 19--.

Gunkel, Hermann. Introduction to Psalms: The Genres of the Religious Lyric of Israel. Completed by Joachim Begrich. Translated by James D. Nogalski. Macon: Mercer University Press, 19--.

Hargreaves, John. A Guide to the Psalms. SPCK International Study Guides. Herndon, Virginia: 1986.

Hunter, Alastair G. Psalms: Remembering Zion. New York: Routledge, 1999.

Kraus, Hans J. Theology of the Psalms. Continental Commentary Series. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 19--.

Longman, III, Tremper. How to Read the Psalms. InterVarsity, 19--.

Mays, James L. The Lord Reigns. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 19--.

McCann, Jr., J. Clinton. A Theological Introduction to the Book of Psalms. Nashville: Abingdon, 1993.

Mowinckel, Sigmund. The Psalms in Israel's Worship. Sheffield, 19--.

Orton, David E., ed. Poetry in the Hebrew Bible: Selected Studies from Vetus Testamentum.
Brill’s Readers in Biblical Studies Volume 6 Leiden, Boston, Koeln: Brill, 2000. 

Pleins, J. David. The Psalms: Songs of Tragedy, Hope, and Justice. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 19--.

Reid, Stephen Breck. Listening In: A Multicultural Reading of the Psalms. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997.

Ringgren, Helmer. The Faith of the Psalmists. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 1963.

Seybold, Klaus. Introducing the Psalms. Translated by R. Graeme Dunphy. Herndon, Virginia: T. and T. Clark, 1999.

Starbuck, Scott R. A. Court Oracles in the Psalms: The So-Called Royal Psalms in their Ancient Near Eastern Context. Atlanta: Scholars Press/SBL Dissertation Series, 1999.

Westermann, Claus. The Living Psalms. Translated by J. R. Porter. Herndon, Virginia: T. and T. Clark, 19--.

Westermann, Claus. Praise and Lament in the Psalms. Translated by Keith R. Crim and Richard N. Soulen. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1981.

Westermann, Claus. The Psalms: Structure, Content and Message. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 19--.

Zenger, Erich. A God of Vengeance? Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 19--.

 

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