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In Psalms of the Faithful Brian German shows us Luther’s reappraisal of the plain sense of Scripture. By following the canonical shaping of the Psalter, Luther refined his interpretive principles into a more finely grained hermeneutic. Luther inspires us to read the Psalms empathetically with ancient Israelites and early church fathers. He stirs us up to join the “faithful synagogue” in praying...

book of the Bible he undoubtedly knew better than any other: the Psalter. For several years before his faculty appointment, whether it was because of a requirement for living in the bursae at the University of Erfurt, a remedy for spiritual Anfechtungen flaring up as early as 1505, or as a part of the solemn rituals of the Augustinian monastery, Luther had been reciting the psalms fervently. By this stage in his life, he had them all memorized.3 But given such an intense devotion to the Bible in
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