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The Psalms: A Historical and Spiritual Commentary with an Introduction and Translation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Eaton devotes the first fifty-eight pages to surveying the historical areas surrounding the Psalms, delving into such topics as the Psalms’ authors, music, poetry, and divine names and titles, including a look at how the book of Psalms has been viewed through the ages. In the commentary, Eaton follows a simple pattern for each psalm: he offers his own translation; provides introductory remarks on...

4d Types and forms An important angle of the study of psalm-poetry has been the recognition of types of psalm (‘genres’, ‘forms’, German Gattungen). Hermann Gunkel (1862–1932) was outstanding in his thorough study of the matter, and the types he identified remain the best starting point for continuing discussion. We have already noticed that there was a great difference of style between praise and lamenting prayer. Gunkel’s analysis brings out and develops the distinction, but shows in more detail
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