OT221 Introductory Issues in Psalms
Overview
This course gives you an overview of important interpretive elements of the Psalms. Dr. Futato explains the primary and secondary messages of the Psalms, how the 150 Psalms are organized, and how the different genres of the Psalms point to Christ.
Top Highlights
“Hyperbole is exaggerating for the purpose of making your point with emphasis, with rhetorical power.” (source)
“Metonymy is the change of one noun for another with which is it associated.” (source)
“The blessed life is a life that amounts to something. It’s a life that has purpose, a life that has meaning, a life that has significance. It’s a life that is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields fruit in season. It’s doing what it was designed to do. And that is what the blessed life is: It is a life of meaning, of purpose, of significance.” (source)
“Hyperbole is when more is said than is literally meant.” (source)
“Books 4 and 5 are given to answer the question raised in Psa 89:49, ‘Where, O Lord, is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?’” (source)
- Title: OT221 Introductory Issues in Psalms
- Author: Mark Futato
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Psalms › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. O.T. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Resource ID: LLS:OT221FUTATO
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:57:57Z
Dr. Mark D. Futato joined Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) in 1999, and serves as the Robert L. Maclellan Professor of Old Testament. He teaches core classes on Hebrew and Old Testament books. Dr. Futato served as academic dean of RTS Orlando from 2004 to 2012.
Dr. Futato’s research interests include biblical Hebrew, the book of Psalms, and the role that elements of creation, such as climate and geography, play in Scripture. Dr. Futato has published multiple books on the Psalms, as well as an /Introduction to Biblical Hebrew/. He is currently finishing a commentary on Jonah.
Dr. Futato also served on the translation team for the book of Psalms in the New Living Translation, contributed study notes for The ESV Study Bible and The Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible, and contributed to the New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis.
Students appreciate Dr. Futato’s passionate emphasis on God’s desire to bless all nations, his engaging communication style, and his practical application of biblical texts to those who struggle, suffer, and doubt. Dr. Futato and his wife, Adele, have four children: William, Evan, Mark Jr., and Annie.