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A Critical and Exegitical Commentary on the Book of Psalms

A Critical and Exegitical Commentary on the Book of Psalms

Murphy, James Gracey

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ISBN10: 115053124X
ISBN13: 9781150531248
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.48 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1875 Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTION. I. The Place of the Psalms. THE 0ld Testament consists of three parts, the Law, the Prophets, and the Sacred Writings, afterwards appended to the other two. The Law includes the five books of Moses. The Prophets comprise Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings, which are called the former prophets, and Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the twelve minor prophets, which are called the latter prophets. The other books have been called the Hagiographa (Ayioypapa), holy writings, or the Psalms, from the first book in the collection according to the Hebrew order. The whole of the 0ld Testament was entitled the Holy Scriptures (at aylat ypafal): but the third part was read and known only as scriptures or writings; whereas the law and the haphtaroth, or sections from the prophets, were heard once a year by the congregation in the synagogues as speech or proclamation by the living voice. Certain Psalms, indeed, were chanted in the temple service, but these were heard only by a single audience representative of the nation, while the readings were heard in every worshipping assembly over the land in the Sabbath worship. The Jewish doctors placed the Psalms usually first in the third part of the 0ld Testament, the Talmud placing Ruth before them, and the Masoretes Chronicles. But Ruth was probably at first an appendix to Judges; and Chronicles, as now, was the closing book of the Old Testament. In Luke xxiv. 44, the 0ld Testament is arranged under the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms. IL The Titles of the Psalms. The Psalms are divided into those that have titles and those that have not. A Psalm without a title was called, in A the quaint style of the Talmud, an orphan Psalm (Koto Koto. There are only thirty-four Psalms without titles, or twenty-four if we regard...

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