Description: "Mark W. Elliott examines Psalms 42-72 and its focus on themes of the soul's longing, the absence of God and a sense of the communality of salvation in this theological commentary. He considers historical exegesis and makes use of literary approaches to get at the sense of the text. The riches of Christian praying and preaching of the psalms provide a guide into deeper theological assertion, with Elliott keeping one eye on the covenant relationship of faith and the other on Christ as author and finisher thereof"--
Brief description: Mark W. Elliottis Senior Lecturer in Church History and Director of the Institute for Bible, Theology and Hermeneutics at the University of St Andrews.He is chair of the Biblical Theology sectionat the International SBL.He has received support from the Humboldt Stipendium andthe Royal Society of Edinburgh to visit Heidelberg, Munich and Regensburg forstudy in a German context. Previously he worked at Liverpool Hope UniversityCollege and the University of Nottingham.
Review Quotes: "Much of the second book of the Psalter is about humanity at its most wretched and vindictive. Mark Elliott, however, reverses this perspective. This is a rich and resourceful commentary, emphasising the theological concerns within these thirty psalms, enlightened by the wisdom of Christian writers through the centuries. Elliott helps us to see how Israel's God is also our God, and how these difficult ancient prayers are nevertheless profoundly relevant today." --Susan Gillingham, University of Oxford, UK