Calvin’s Theology of the Psalms

by Herman J. Selderhuis

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2007

Overview

Discover what distinguished Calvin scholar Herman Selderhuis believes lies at the heart of Calvin’s theology—that God is at the center of all things. Calvin’s Theology of the Psalms demonstrates how this rubric governs Calvin’s commentary on the Psalms, drawing parallels to Calvin’s own biography. Selderhuis argues that Calvin’s work is fundamentally oriented to the first person of the trinity and that Calvin uses the Psalms to speak of God’s attributes.

Product Details

• Title: Calvin’s Theology of the Psalms
• Author: Herman J. Selderhuis
• Series: Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2007
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Psalms › Criticism, interpretation, etc; God › Attributes; Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564
• ISBNs: 9781441222718, 9780801031663, 0801031664, 1441222715
• Resource ID: LLS:CLVNSTHPSLMS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:46:36Z

About Herman J. Selderhuis

Herman J. Selderhuis is professor of church history and church polity at the Theological University Apeldoorn (Netherlands) and director of Refo500, the international platform for knowledge, expertise, and ideas related to the sixteenth-century Reformation. He is a leading Reformation historian and author or editor of several books, including John Calvin: A Pilgrim's Life, Calvin's Theology of the Psalms, and Psalms 1-72 in the Reformation Commentary on Scripture. He also serves as the academic curator of the John a Lasco Library (Emden, Germany) and as president of the International Calvin Congress.