by Justin Marple | Jun 10, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
Book One of the Psalter consists of 40 or 41 psalms. The reason for the numerical discrepancy there is that Psalms 9-10 form one alphabetic acrostic, which suggests that at one time at least they were one psalm. Supporting this understanding further is the...
by Justin Marple | Jun 3, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
The book of Psalms is the first book of the writings and sometimes the whole of the writings is referred to simply by the title: Psalms. Thus Jesus said, “that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled”...
by Justin Marple | May 20, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
We have two major topics for this article. The first is imagery and the second is the sub-genres of the Psalms. One might argue that the second topic should have been the first thing that one discusses when approaching Biblical poetry. However, I...
by Justin Marple | May 6, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
Before beginning a series on the Book of Psalms I thought it would be appropriate to discuss what makes poetry “poetry.” There is poetry throughout the Bible and what you find here will be helpful in other areas of the Scriptures too (including the parts...
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