The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible enlists leading theologians to read and interpret scripture creedally for the twenty-first century, just as the church fathers, the Reformers, and other orthodox Christians did for their times and places. Psalms 101-150, like each commentary in the series, is designed to serve the church and to demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.  
  
__Praise for Psalms 101-150 in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible__   
"In his earlier writing Jason Byassee has indicated a readiness and capacity to read the Psalms with a christological tilt after the manner of Augustine. Here he carries out that interpretation with verve and with imaginative freedom. His commentary serves well in the Brazos series and will be a ready and compelling resource for the church in its thinking, singing, praying, and preaching."  
\--__Walter Brueggemann__, Columbia Theological Seminary  
  
"Byassee reads the Psalms like a pastor, which means he reads the Psalms with God's life and love for the creature fully in view. You will not find many commentaries on this section of the Psalms that match Jason's theological sophistication, ministerial wisdom, and intellectual courage."  
\--__Willie James Jennings__, Yale Divinity School  
  
"Byassee's readings of Psalms 101-150 reap the benefit of his roles as preacher, theological teacher, and close reader of the Bible. Embracing both modern scholarship and traditional interpretive approaches of the fathers and medieval readers, he does not limit his reading to a single sense, but invites us to hear the voice of the living Christ in the Psalms."  
\--__Kathryn Greene-McCreight__, author of Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness and I Am With You: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2016  
  
General editor: __R. R. Reno__ (editor, First Things)  
Series editors: __Robert W. Jenson__ (1930-2017) (Center of Theological Inquiry)  
__Robert Louis Wilken__ (University of Virginia)  
__Ephraim Radner__ (Wycliffe College, University of Toronto)  
__Michael Root__ (Catholic University of America)  
__George Sumner__ (Episcopal Diocese of Dallas)

__Jason Byassee__ (PhD, Duke University) is the inaugural Butler Chair in Homiletics and Biblical Hermeneutics at Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, British Columbia. He previously served as senior pastor of Boone United Methodist Church in the Western North Carolina Conference and taught at Duke Divinity School. He serves as a contributing editor to the Christian Century and is the author of numerous books, including Trinity: The God We Don't Know, The Gifts of the Small Church, and Praise Seeking Understanding: Reading the Psalms with Augustine.

__Praise for Psalms 101-150 in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible__   
"Only when we go 'hunting for Jesus' do we end up reading the Psalms aright. Such is the bold claim that undergirds Jason Byassee's beautiful commentary on the Psalms. Byassee makes clear that figural or allegorical readings of the Psalms do not abandon the world or deny the flesh. Instead, drawing on 'christologically maximalist' readings of Augustine and others, Byassee shows that we come to know the God of time and place--the God of the incarnation--when we turn to Christ not only as the goal of our reading but also as the very location where it all starts."  
--__Hans Boersma__, Regent College  
  
"'Love of the OT is love enough for the Jews.' I once wrote this to explain why Barth is good for the Jews. Is it good for the Jews if a believing Christian reads the OT christologically? If it is done out of love for the OT, then yes! But how can we tell if the reading is done out of love for the OT? There is no recipe; God alone knows. But there are exemplars, and the exemplars leave us clues. Byassee's commentary is such an exemplar, leaving clues like these: He honors the plain sense (peshat) of the Hebrew and Greek text. With Augustine and Luther he honors the rabbinic wisdom that 'one (word) spoke God, two have I heard (Psalm 62:12)--one verse has many meanings' (Sanhedrin 34a). Interpreting the Bible not as a single reader but as a member of his worshiping community, he honors the rabbinic injunction not to separate oneself from the community: grafted onto the people Israel, this is the community of the church--in his words, 'this nimble body of Christ \[that\] stretches across the cosmos and the eons.'"  
--__Peter Ochs__, University of Virginia  
  
"We are well acquainted with the theological acumen and artful prose characteristic of Byassee's publications on thorny doctrinal problems and recent cinematic releases. Here he proves no less capable of deft exegetical finesse. In a dazzling dance from patristic, medieval, and modern interpreters to contemporary scholarship, visual art, and personal, pastoral experiences, Byassee transforms these psalms into rich resources that fund a robust account of Christian life, practice, and community. If, as one recent book diagnoses, the Old Testament is dying from disuse in Christian communities, this book strives to resurrect these psalms by forging a touching account of Christian identity from the pre-Christian terms of Israel's poetry."  
--__Davis Hankins__, Appalachian State University

__Jason Byassee__ (PhD, Duke University) is the inaugural Butler Chair in Homiletics and Biblical Hermeneutics at Vancouver School of Theology. He serves as a contributing editor to the Christian Century and is the author of numerous books, including Trinity: The God We Don't Know, The Gifts of the Small Church, and Praise Seeking Understanding: Reading the Psalms with Augustine.  
  
__General Editor  
R. R. Reno__ (PhD, Yale University) is the editor of First Things and coauthor of Heroism and the Christian Life.  
  
__Volumes now available in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible  R. R. Reno__ (editor, First Things) on Genesis  
__Thomas Joseph White__ (Dominican House of Studies) on Exodus  
__Ephraim Radner__ (Wycliffe College, University of Toronto) on Leviticus  
__David L. Stubbs__ (Western Theological Seminary) on Numbers  
__Telford Work__ (Westmont College) on Deuteronomy  
__Francesca Aran Murphy__ (University of Notre Dame) on 1 Samuel  
__Robert Barron__ (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles) on 2 Samuel  
__Peter J. Leithart__ (Theopolis Institute for Bible, Liturgy, and Culture) on 1 &amp; 2 Kings __Matthew Levering__ (Mundelein Seminary) on Ezra &amp; Nehemiah  
__Samuel Wells__ (St. Martin-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, London) and __George Sumner__ (Episcopal Diocese of Dallas) on Esther &amp; Daniel  
__Ellen T. Charry__ (Princeton Theological Seminary) on Psalms 1-50  
__Daniel J. Treier__ (Wheaton College) on Proverbs &amp; Ecclesiastes  
__Paul J. Griffiths__ (Duke University) on Song of Songs  
__Robert W. Jenson__ (Center of Theological Inquiry) on Ezekiel  
__Phillip Cary__ (Eastern University) on Jonah  
__Stanley Hauerwas__ (Duke Divinity School) on Matthew  
__David Lyle Jeffrey__ (Baylor University) on Luke  
__Jaroslav Pelikan__ (Yale University) on Acts  
__Christopher R. Seitz__ (Wycliffe College, University of Toronto) on Colossians  
__Risto Saarinen__ (University of Helsinki) on the Pastoral Epistles with Philemon &amp; Jude  
__Douglas Harink__ (The King's University College) on 1 &amp; 2 Peter  
__Joseph L. Mangina__ (Wycliffe College, University of Toronto) on Revelation

The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible encourages readers to explore how the vital roots of the ancient Christian tradition inform and shape faithfulness today. In this addition to the series, a well-known pastoral theologian offers a theological reading of Psalms 101-150. As with other volumes in the series, this commentary is designed to serve the church--providing a rich resource for preachers, teachers, students, and study groups--and to demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.

A well-known pastoral theologian offers a theological reading of Psalms 101-150 in this addition to the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible.

Byassee, Jason

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Series Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Psalm 101

Psalm 102

Psalm 103

Psalm 104

Psalm 105

Psalm 106

Psalm 107

Psalm 108

Psalm 109

Psalm 110

Psalm 111

Psalm 112

Psalm 113

Psalm 114

Psalm 115

Psalm 116

Psalm 117

Psalm 118

Psalm 119

Psalm 120

Psalm 121

Psalm 122

Psalm 123

Psalm 124

Psalm 125

Psalm 126

Psalm 127

Psalm 128

Psalm 129

Psalm 130

Psalm 131

Psalm 132

Psalm 133

Psalm 134

Psalm 135

Psalm 136

Psalm 137

Psalm 138

Psalm 139

Psalm 140

Psalm 141

Psalm 142

Psalm 143

Psalm 144

Psalm 145

Psalm 146

Psalm 147

Psalm 148

Psalm 149

Psalm 150

Bibliography

Author Index

Scripture and Ancient Writings Index

Subject Index

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