Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-160) and indexes.
What words are we reading? -- The forms of the psalms -- The shape of the Psalter : authorship in the ancient Near East -- The history behind the shaping of the Psalter -- Book one of the Psalter -- Book two of the Psalter -- Book three of the Psalter -- Book four of the Psalter -- Book five of the Psalter -- How then shall we read the Psalter? -- Appendix 1 : psalm superscriptions and gattungen -- Appendix 2 : an explanation of technical terms in psalm superscriptions.