44: Our Harps in the Trees

Brent Billings and Reed Dent discuss the collection of ancient songs known as the Psalms.

The Message of the Psalms by Walter Brueggemann

Answering God by Eugene H. Peterson

The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter

The Art of Biblical Poetry by Robert Alter

Praying the Psalms by Thomas Merton

Classifying the Psalms by Genre

Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott

Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible by Thomas G. Long

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• Episode updated 20 July 2026
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