Singing in the Reign

Christians know the Psalms sing the Psalms and pray the Psalms more than any other book of the Bible. Yet even as believers have grown more devoted to individual psalms they have lost the big picture-the single sense that unites all the psalms as one coherent book. Michael Barber is at the forefront of an emerging movement in biblical theology. With this book he is recovering the narrative plot that was the common heritage of Jews and Christians in the ancient world. Barber shows how King David serves as an example for the chosen people as they struggled in exile. As David was rescued by the Lord so would Israel be restored as a kingdom for all ages. This is the story of Christ as well whom Barber reveals as the new David. And in Christ it is the story of every Christian. The Psalms bring us-in our reading and in our prayer-from suffering and pleading to glory triumph and praise. Barbers analysis follows upon an extensive introduction by Scott Hahn Ph.D. detailing the historical cultural and theological background of the Psalter.