Perhaps the psalms aren’t great poetry, and they do, undeniably, smack of violence, war, hatred of one’s enemies in the name ...

Within the forty-six books of the Old Testament, there is contained the endearing Book of Psalms. The book is really more of an anthology of prayers of God’s people that were either collected or ...

We should read it not as an assortment of poems and songs but as a single rhapsody on God’s covenant promises. Late in the fourth century, a man named Palladius of Galatia left his home (somewhere in ...

The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life” is on display through Jan. 4, 2026, at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.

It was with great anticipation that I read Rabbi Hayyim Angel’s latest commentary, “Psalms: A Companion Volume” (Kodesh Press, 2022). Like so many of his other books on biblical text, Rabbi Angel’s ...