Loading…

Psalms is unavailable, but you can change that!

The psalms have been at the center of Christian faith and piety for centuries. Now, one of the foremost interpreters of the psalms explores how they can still claim that place today. In this commentary, James L. Mays sets forth what the psalms say about God, creation, humanity, and the life of faith. Mays proceeds with an awareness that the psalms were originally composed for worship, and so he...

When the Gospels tell the story of the passion of Jesus, prayers are used to weave the fabric of the narrative. Specifically, Psalm 22 is the principal Old Testament resource employed by the evangelists to portray, and so interpret, the climax of Jesus’ career. The facts are these: Thirteen (perhaps seventeen) Old Testament texts appear in the passion narrative of the Gospels. Some are quotations, some allusions. Of the thirteen, eight come from
Page 105
Buy this book at Logos.com