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The Psalms Through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses
Contributor(s): Holladay, William L. (Author)
ISBN: 0800630149     ISBN-13: 9780800630140
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $37.05  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 1996
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Annotation: William L. Holladay offers an illuminating and informative overview of the Psalms, chanted, sung, and recited by so great a cloud of witnesses (Hebrews 12:1) through the past three thousand years.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Studies - General
Dewey: 223.200
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6" W x 9" (1.46 lbs) 412 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Academic
 
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Publisher Description:

Until now, no book has conveniently combined treatment of the origins of the Psalms with attention to their Jewish and Christian use through history. William L. Holladay offers an illuminating and informative overview of the Psalmschanted, sung, and recited by so great a cloud of witnesses (Hebrews 12:1) through the past three thousand years.

The broad scope and usefulness of the book are indicated by its major parts:

The Psalms Take Shape-A Reconstruction

The Psalter through History

Current Theological Issues