The Hebrew title of the book “Tehillim” means “praises,” he explains – yet the Psalms are much more than a collection of praises of God. Ultimately, it is a type of conversation and ...

The present book consists of an extended introductory essay, a translation of the 150 Psalms, and lean notes that assist the reader in modest ways to understand either the meaning of the text itself ...

Next to the Book of Job my favorite of the 24 books in the Hebrew bible is the Book of Psalms. Containing 150 poems it has always been attributed to King David and is usually referred to as the ...

All of these Psalms together are called “Praises” in the Hebrew Bible. They were called “Psalms” in the Septuagint, and we have been influenced by that early Greek version here as on many ...

For centuries, Jews and Christians have turned to the Book of Psalms or Sefer Tehillim in times of joy and thanksgiving, and in times of sadness and lament. Now there is an opportunity for members of ...

A Book of Psalms: Selected and Adapted from the Hebrew By Stephen Mitchell HarperCollins, 87 pages, $17.50 Purists, beware. Stephen Mitchell’s “A Book of Psalms” is not so much a … ...

The Book of Psalms is, in fact, just such an anthology. ... The Hebrew term behind this purported English equivalent actually has the homey meaning of getting someone out of a tight fix.

It was with great anticipation that I read Rabbi Hayyim Angel’s latest commentary, “Psalms: A Companion Volume” (Kodesh Press, 2022). Like so many of his other books on biblical text, Rabbi ...

While every book of the Bible contains the words and deeds of God in various forms, the psalms are unique in that they are not only the declaration of God’s presence among us but also the ...