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Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Lord Is My Shepherd, Then and Now
PART ONE
THE PSALMS TAKE SHAPE — A RECONSTRUCTION
2. In the Beginning: Psalms Sung in David's Day
3. Psalms from the North
4. Psalms from the Temple of Solomon
5. Hymns for the Second Temple
6. Steps toward the Status of Scripture: The Psalms Are Collected, Annotated, and Translated
PART TWO
THE PSALTER THROUGH HISTORY
7. Psalms at the Dead Sea
8. Texts for the First Christians: the Psalms in the New Testament
9. The Psalms for Jews, from the First Century of the Common Era
10. The Psalms for Christians: In The West until the Reformation, and in the East
11. The Psalms for Reformation Protestants
12. The Psalms in the Roman Catholic Church from the Council of Trent until the Second Vatican Council
13. The Psalms across Space and Time: The Nineteenth Century
14. The Psalms in the Churches Today: Protestants and Roman Catholics
PART THREE
CURRENT THEOLOGICAL ISSUES
15. Toughening Texts: Lament, Recovery, and Praise
16. Censored Texts
17. What Makes a Translation?
18. Psalms for Whom?
19. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord
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