{"id":52,"count":1,"description":"This series, The Psalms in General: An Overview, gives a general overview of the Psalter individually and collectively. Many have considered the psalter is as a random collection of poems without a pattern. One focus the series: The Psalms in General: An Overview is to show that psalter is much more.\u00a0 First, it is important to understand that the psalter is a collection of books that were put together by an organizer. The timeframe covered by Psalter as given in this series\": Psalms in General is something like 500 years. Second, some say each psalm stands alone and the neighboring psalms play no role in the interpretation of an individual psalm. But the Psalms are linked together and there is a progression of the redemptive unfolded as given in each book of the psalter. Third. the Psalter is composed of Five books: Books I (Psalms 1-41); Book II (Psalms 42-72);\u00a0 Book III (Psalms 73-89); Book IV (Psalms 90-106); and Book V (Psalms 107-150). Fourth, each has a major theme or themes that characterizes it and helps then to understand the message of the individual psalm and those surrounding a particular psalm. Themes of the books include: Book I: the rise of the Davidic kingdom amid confrontation and conflict; Book II: the rise of the Davidic kingdom and the desire to communicate even amid ongoing confrontation; Book III: the defeat of the Davidic king and the collapse of the Davidic kingdom with resultant devastation; Book IV: life in exile and maturation at least individually and hopefully nationally;\u00a0 Book V: return from the exile and continued maturation and consummation as God's people. Fifth, the psalter Subjects include the psalter's major teachings and themes of each book of the five books of the Psalter. 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