How to Read the Psalms

By Tremper Longman III

Book Overview

Tremper Longman III describes different types of psalms, explains how they were used in Hebrew worship and shows how they relate to other Scripture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877849412
• ISBN13: 9780877849414
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A Great Intro Book to the Psalms

This is a great book for understanding the genre and different types of Psalms. Longman writes clearly and the book will be helpful for anyone wanting to develop a deeper understanding of the Psalms.

Good Intro to Psalms

How to Read the Psalms by Tremper Longman III is a helpful and accessible guide for pastors, students, and lay persons desiring to study the Psalms. The book, divided into three parts, begins with an invitation to study the Psalms. Recalling Calvin's words that the Psalms are "an anatomy of all the parts of the soul," Longman urges us to read the Psalms, because they "appeal to the whole person . . . they inform our intellect,...

Very Good Introduction for Lay Readers.

`How to Read the Psalms' by Professor of Biblical Studies, Tremper Longman III is possibly just a bit misnamed, in that it is may be more properly be called `How to Study the Psalms' or `How to Understand the Psalms'. With that and one other minor caveat, I consider this a superior book for introducing lay Bible readers to one of the most important books of the Old Testament. I devalue the book's proper title only because...

A True Eye Opener

This book was recommended to me by a theology professor who has yet to steer me wrong in his assessments of informative reading, based on my less than advanced study of scripture. Longman disects the Psalter as no commentary does. The various genres and purposes (uses) of the Psalms are explained in an easy to understand fashion similar to his "Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind". He concludes each chapter with a short...

A Very Good Tool

I believe that this book is a good tool to help one understand the Psalms. It is easy to read and it uses language that the common man can understand. I like how the book starts off with showing how the Psalms fit in the Bible. I like how it explains them as a mini Bible in itself. I think that Longman does a good job explaining the different types of psalms that are in the book of Psalms. I like the way that Longman explained...