The Talmud recognized that the Book of Psalms was a collection of multiple authorship. Yet for all of its authors, the themes were similar. As one biblical scholar has well-said “throughout ...

Robert Alter, a professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California Berkeley, has published a new translation of the Psalms, The Book of Psalms. Among the most ...

But your book on the Psalms is called “The Songs of Jesus ... of forcing something into the mind and mouths of ancient writers who knew nothing of Jesus. How do you respond?

Psalms are often quoted by religious ... are lesser known today is a lament underscored by the author in this short but powerful book. The Maimonidean principle of “accepting the truth from ...

These authors intended that their work form part of the liturgy. According to tradition, David contributed most of the psalms ...

Released on January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the collection of 150 psalms can be read as a stark contrast to the biblical Book of Psalms. Where the latter extols God as a ...