Theological Themes of Psalms
by
Robert D. Bell
THEOLOGICAL THEMES OF PSALMS
The Theology of the Book of Psalms
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To my wife,
Kathryn Kruse Bell, who is God’s great blessing to me and who has provided valuable editing for my writings
Abbreviations
General Terms
# number of occurrences
1CS First Common (Masculine or Feminine) Singular
2MP Second Masculine Plural
2MS Second Masculine Singular
impv imperative & imperatives
LXX Septuagint (ancient Greek translation of the OT)
MT Masoretic Text (official medieval Jewish vowel-pointed Hebrew text)
MSS manuscripts
n. note
NT New Testament
OT Old Testament
p. & pp. page & pages
Ps. Psalm/Psalms
sg singular
v. verse
vv. verses
x times
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BDB Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and C. A. Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Oxford: Clarenden, 1907)
BibSac Bibliotheca Sacra
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EBC The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, revised edition, ed. Tremper Longman III and David E. Garland
EDBT Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, ed. Walter A. Elwell (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1996)
GKC E. Kautzsch, ed., Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Clarendon, 1910)
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JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
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NAC The New American Commentary, ed. E. Ray Clendenen
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NIVAC The NIV Application Commentary: From Biblical Text … to Contemporary Life, ed. Terry Muck
PiH Psalterium iuxta Hebraeos (Jerome’s translation of Psalms from the Hebrew)
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TDOT G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry, eds., Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, trans. David E. Green and others, 15 vols. (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1974–2006)
TLOT