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Psalmcast S02E06: Jesus, the Psalmist

What if the Psalms Capture the very words of Jesus addressing his Father?

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The passages quoted:

* Mark 12:36

* Hebrews 1:5

* Hebrews 5:5

* Hebrews 1:6

* Hebrews 1:8-9

* Hebrews 1:10-12

* Hebrews 10:5-7

* Romans 15:3

* Romans 15:8-9

* Mark 15:34

* Hebrews 2:11-12

* 2 Corinthians 4:13-14

For further study see Matthew Bates’ The Birth of the Trinity for a rigorous and important study on how the apostles and early fathers saw the very words of Jesus in the OT.

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Psalmcast S02E05: Reading Like Apostles

How did the Apostles see Jesus in the OT? The answer is in Peter’s foundational sermon in Acts 2.

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For further study see Matthew Bates’ The Birth of the Trinity for a rigorous and important study on how the apostles and early fathers saw the very words of Jesus in the OT.

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Psalmcast S02E04: Mechanics of Fulfillment (Pt 2)

If the Psalms are indeed prophetic, How do we “Do the math”  to get from Psalms to Christ? In this episode: Two ways of getting it right.

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Both the direct fulfillment and typological fulfillment approaches are very popular. Here are some resources that are a good place to begin.

A comprehensive typological approach to most of the messianic Psalms can be found in Richard Belcher’s The Messiah and the Psalms. 

For direct fulfillment:

* Derek Kidner’s Psalms 1-72 and Psalms 73-150. Kidner sees some typology, but in the case of Psalm 22 for example, he sees it directly speaking of Jesus.

For prosopological fulfillment:

* Patrick Henry Reardon’s Christ in the Psalms.

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Psalmcast S02E03: Mechanics of Fulfillment (Pt 1)

If the Psalms are indeed prophetic, How do we “Do the math”  to get from Psalms to Christ? In this episode: Two examples of getting it wrong

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To learn more, consider the following resources:

For historical fulfillment, there are many critical commentaries. John Goldingay’s set contains very good scholarship that nonetheless argues that the NT authors misinterpret the Psalms.

* John Goldingay: Psalms 1-41; Psalms 42-72; Psalms 73-150

For allegorical fulfillment, the early church provides many examples:

* Psalms 1-50 and Psalms 51-150 in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture series.

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Psalmcast S02E02: David, the Prophet

What does it mean that David was a prophet, and how ought that change the way we think of the Psalter?

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To learn more, consider the following resources:

* David C. Mitchell’s The Message of the Psalter for a fantastic survey of how the Psalms were interpreted throughout history.

* Robert Jewett: “David, ‘Being Therefore a Prophet…’ (Acts 2:30).” The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 34.

* Matthew Bates’ The Birth of the Trinity for a dense but important study on how the apostles found Jesus in the OT.

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Psalmcast S02E01: Songs of the End Times

Is the Psalter merely a collection of ancient worship songs? If that is so, why have most Jews and Christians throughout history interpreted the Psalms as prophetic?

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As far as I know, David C. Mitchell’s The Message of the Psalter gives the best historical survey of how the Psalms were interpreted throughout history.

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Psalmcast S01E03: JEsus’ Bible

How WAS Jesus’ Bible different to our Old Testaments today, and what does this mean for the Psalter? The third episode in a series on reading the Psalms as a book.

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A display of the Tanakh order according to the Baba Bathra. See Dempster (below) for why this may be the oldest order.

* Read my blog post Do We Read the Old Testament in the Right Order and the included links.

* Read JETS article The Order of the Books in the Hebrew Bible (PDF) by Greg Goswell.

* Listen to my podcast with Randy McCracken on the Hebrew Old Testament order.

* Buy Jason DeRouchie’s What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About for an entry-level introduction to the Tanakh order.

* Buy Stephen Dempster’s Dominion and Dynasty for an intermediate-level survey of the Old Testament through the Tanakh order.

* Buy O Palmer Robertson’s The Flow of the Psalms for  an entry-level introduction to reading the Psalter as a book.

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Psalmcast S01E02: The Psalter’s Intelligent Design

The Psalter is not simply Israel’s greatest hits on shuffle, it’s more like the first concept album. Here are 10 evidences of its intelligent design. The Second episode in a series on reading the Psalms as a book.

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For an entry-level introduction to reading the Psalter as a book, I recommend O Palmer Robertson’s The Flow of the Psalms.

The ten design features of the Psalter with some examples below:

* Prologue (Ps 1-2)

* Hallelujah Epilogue (Ps 146-150)

* Five Books with doxologies

* Book I: Psalms 1-41

* Book II: Psalms 42-72

* Book III: Psalms 73-89

* Book IV: Psalms 90-106

* Book V: Psalms 107-150

* Five Collections of David

* Psalms 1-41

* Psalms 51-71 (or 72)

* Psalms 101-103

* Psalms 108-110

* Psalms 138-145

* Author Superscriptions

* Songs of Korah: Psalms 42-49; Psalms 84-89

* Songs of Asaph: Psalms 73-83

* Unnamed other collections

* Songs of Ascents: Psalms 120-134

* “Yahweh Malak:” Psalms 93-100

* Chiastic Collections

* e.g. Psalms 15-24

* Acrostic Psalms

* Royal Psalms

* Odd features

* Elohistic Psalter: Psalms 42-83

* Duplicate Psalms (e.g. Psalm 14 = Psalm 53)

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Psalmcast S01E01: Psalms vs. Psalter

What’s in a name? When it comes to the Psalms, a lot! How we think about the Psalms impacts the way in which we read. The first episode in a series on reading the Psalms as a book.

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For an entry-level introduction to reading the Psalter as a book, I recommend O Palmer Robertson’s The Flow of the Psalms.

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