The Historical Framework of the Old Testament
The Discovery of the Ugaritic Texts
Psalms with Canaanite Antecedents
Psalms from David's Reign

The Nature of the Evidence
Psalm 45
The Other Korahite Psalms
The Psalms of Asaph
Other Psalms from the North

The Nature of Our Evidence
Royal Psalms
Psalms Offering Unique Wording Appropriate to the Period
Psalms from Which Amos and Jeremiah Drew
How Do We Reconstruct a Vanished Culture?
The Poetic Skill of the Psalmists
The Faith and Outlook of the Pre-exilic Psalms

The Jews in the Hundred Years after the Fall of Jerusalem in 587 B.C.E.
Bilingualism among the Returnees
Psalm 137: A Psalm Composed during the Exile
The Pre-exilic Psalms in the Exilic context
Linguistic Clues for the Post-exilic Period and Post-exilic Psalms Dependent on Jeremiah
The Faith of the Early Post-exilic Community
Torah-Psalms 19:8; 119; and the Motif of Wisdom
The Pre-exilic Psalms in the Post-exilic Context

The Jews: The Fifth through the Third Centuries B.C.E.
Fresh Psalms: The Collection of 150 Psalms
The Types of Psalms
Clues to Subcollections within the Psalms
The Compilation of the Psalter
The Process of Canonization The Scattering of Jews beyond Palestine and the Use of the Psalms beyond Palestine
Translations

The Jews, 323-63 B.C.E.: The Challenge of Hellenism
The Psalms of Solomon
The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
History and Beliefs of the Community
The Scrolls
Summary

Martin Luther: His Career and His Commentaries on the Psalms
John Calvin: His Career and His Commentaries on the Psalms
The Commentaries of Katharina Schütz Zell and Justina Sanger
Metrical Psalms: The First Stage
English Translations of the Bible
Metrical Psalms: The Second Stage
Hymns Based on the Psalms
Paraphrases Composed by the Humanist Poets
The Psalms as Battle Hymns
Metrical Psalms in Anglican Worship
Printed Psalms in the Lives of Two Laymen
Musical Works

The Psalms in the Mass
The Psalms in the Daily Office
Musical Settings of the Psalms
The effect of the Latin Language
The Place of the Psalms in the Lives of the Catholics
The Struggle over Biblical Scholarship: New Translations
Praying the Psalms on the Eve of Vatican II: Gelineau and Merton

A Psalm Verse That Was a Beacon for American Slaves
The Psalms into All the World
The Work of Translation
The Recovery of the World of the Psalms: Pioneers Revision of the King James Version
Paraphrases of the Psalms
Musical Works
Responsive Readings
“Alleluia” and “Hallelujah”

Epilogue: How the Twenty-third Psalm Became an American Secular Icon

Appendixes

Indexes
Index of Scripture and Other Early Writings
Index of Authors and Historical Persons