Praise Seeking Understanding

Reading the Psalms with Augustine

by Jason Byassee

Foreword by Robert W. Jenson

Imprint: Eerdmans

304 Pages, 6.14 x 9.21 x 0.74 in

  • Paperback
  • 9780802840127
  • Publication Date: November 8, 2007
  • eBook
  • 9781467427777
  • Publication Date: November 8, 2007

    $35.99

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non-returnable.

Description

Praise Seeking Understanding sits at the intersection of three important fields in theology: theological exegesis, Augustinian studies, and contemporary church practice. Jason Byassee deftly brings the three together, revealing an important symbiotic relationship between them -- a relationship hitherto largely ignored.

Though current exegetical methods have swung away from a Christological reading of the Old Testament -- rejecting in particular Augustine's treatment of the text -- Byassee believes that is a mistake we must remedy. Using a recent translation of Augustine's Enarrationes in Psalmos, Byassee describes in depth Augustine's psalm hermeneutic and his approach to scripture generally, offering a defense of these views in conversation with recent work in theological exegesis.

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