What are the Psalms? Additional Resources

Recommended Reading:

• Erhard Gerstenberger, Psalms, Part 1: With an Introduction to Cultic Poetry. Forms of the Old Testament Literature 14 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988).
• J. C. McCann, “The Book of Psalms,” New Interpreter’s Bible 4:641-1280.
• W. P. Brown, ed., The Oxford Handbook on the Psalms (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014).
• W. Brueggemann, The Psalms and the Life of Faith (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995).

Articles: (click to view)

• “Psalms In Israel’s Worship” by Walter Brueggemann
• “Asaph and the Psalms” by Aubrey Buster
• “Shepherds in the Bible and in Art” by Steve Werlin
• “Hebrew Poetry Forms” by Sean Burt

Lectures: (click to view)

• YDS Old Testament Interpretation, Part 2 – Lecture 14, by John Collins
• YDS Old Testament Interpretation, Part 2 – Lecture 15, by John Collins

Videos: (click to view)

• “Overview: Psalms” by The Bible Project
• “The Book of Psalms” by The Bible Project
• YBS Psalms Study with Professor Joel Baden, Week 1 – full lecture
• YBS Psalms Study with Professor Joel Baden, Week 2 “Authorship of the Psalms” – full lecture
• YBS Psalms Study with Professor Joel Baden, Week 3 “What is a Psalm?” – full lecture