by Justin Marple | Jul 21, 2017 | Canon Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
In the Hebrew Scriptures there are three divisions: Torah, Prophets, and Writings. (I have written about this extensively in older posts, but I will repeat a few things for our purposes in this post.) The Torah consists of five books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,...
by Justin Marple | Jul 8, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
The whole Psalter has been building up to Book Five. All along we have seen that there are certain psalms that are grouped together as collections and that psalms have been strategically placed where they are for particular reasons. And then we got a preview of...
by Justin Marple | Jul 2, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
This book has one psalm that is “a prayer of Moses, the man of God” (Psalm 90), two psalms that are “of David” (Psalm 101 and 103), four psalms that have subtitles but without any names, and ten psalms without any subtitle. Book Four consists of a total of 17...
by Justin Marple | Jun 24, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
There are only a total of 17 psalms in Book Three. Book Four also has 17 psalms. In Book Three 11 of the 17 psalms are attributed to Asaph, and 4 to the Sons of Korah one to Ethan the Ezrahite, and one to David. We saw in Book Two seven psalms attributed to the Sons...
by Justin Marple | Jun 17, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
The Psalter was an evolving book. Some psalms were added much later than others. Some psalms were moved around later for one reason or another. Book Two of the Psalter provides conclusive evidence of these assertions. Note first the concluding verse...
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