For the past several decades, Erhard Gerstenberger has been a leader in the study of the Psalms. These essays bring together some of the key contributions that both reflect on the history of interpretation and the path forward for research. Both the student and the experienced researcher will be enriched by the depth and clarity of perspective that Gerstenberger brings. Two of the essays appear here in English for the first time.Contents1. The Lyrical Literature2. Psalms3. The Psalm Genres4. Theologies in the Psalms5. Modes of Communication with the Divine in the Hebrew Psalter6. The Psalms and Ritual Praxis7. Non-Temple Psalms: The Cultic Setting Revisited8. The Psalter as Book and as Collection

Erhard S. Gerstenberger is professor of Old Testament emeritus at the University of Marburg. Among his many publications areDer bittende Mensch (1980/2010),Psalms, Part 1: With an Introduction to Cultic Poetry (1988),Yahwehthe Patriarch (1996),Leviticus (1996), andPsalms, Part 2, and Lamentations, 2001),Theologies in the Old Testament (2002), andIsrael in the Persian Period (2012).