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Title: The Psalms of David: The Cambridge Liturgical Psalter
Author: Andrew M. Macintosh, John A. Emerton, David L. Frost
Narrator: David L. Frost
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-10-14
Publisher: Aquila Books U.K.
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Bibles
Publisher's Summary:
First published in 1976, The Cambridge Liturgical Psalter is a modern English-language version of "The Book of Psalms", prepared for public and private worship by a panel of eight Hebrew specialists drawn from various Christian traditions, working over a period of six years and in collaboration with a single literary scholar who was conversant with the long tradition of translations into English of this ancient Biblical text. It is here read by the maker of the English version, Professor David Frost. Excerpted in a Penguin classic, "The Psalms in English" (1996), as one of only two versions chosen to represent the best of the twentieth century, it went into six national prayer books, was bound up as The Liturgical Psalter in "An Alternative Service Book 1980", and was authorized for use in various Churches world-wide. It remains a version licensed for use in the Church of England. The Cambridge Liturgical Psalter (so re-named to distinguish it from an American Roman Catholic version of the same name which had its imprimatur withdrawn) represents the best modern understanding of what is on occasions a very difficult Hebrew text. It is recognized by Jews and Christians alike as an honest and reliable translation.
Members Reviews:
Powerful and poetic
I use this translation of the Psalms in worship and find it easy-to-read, yet powerful and poetic, with none of the clunky language nor anaemic `piosity' characteristic of so many attempts at liturgical translation into English. The explanatory notes at the back of this volume also reassure one that this is a good translation of the original Hebrew - one where a panel of scholars went to considerable trouble to arrive at the most accurate rendition of the text.
My only criticism is a trivial one; that the use of the square brackets to indicate seemingly un-Christian sentiments in some of the psalms is a little patronizing to the reader.
Powerful and poetic
I use this translation of the Psalms in worship and find it easy-to-read, yet powerful and poetic, with none of the clunky language nor anaemic `piosity' characteristic of so many attempts at liturgical translation into English. The explanatory notes at the back of this volume also reassure one that this is a good translation of the original Hebrew - one where a panel of scholars went to considerable trouble to arrive at the most accurate rendition of the text.
My only criticism is a trivial one; that the use of the square brackets to indicate seemingly un-Christian sentiments in some of the psalms is a little patronizing to the reader.
Contents superb, ebook so-so
I bought this modernized version of the psalter to get away from King James English and in that sense it's great and accomplishes its goals. Sadly, the eBook itself was faulty and made it nearly impossible to use so I returned the ebook.