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Message of the Psalms

by Walter Brueggemann · 1984

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This scholarly study of the Psalms retains its rigor while focusing particularly on the pastoral use of the Psalms, looking at how they may function as voices of faith in the actual life of the believing community.

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medium · 206 pages

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