King as Exemplar: The Function of Deuteronomy's Kingship Law in the Shaping of the Book of Psalms

The rationale of the order of Psalms is a puzzle at least as old as Augustine in the fourth century, and Grant (Biblical studies, Highland Theological College, Scotland) does not aspire to solve the whole thing here and now. Rather he bites off only one aspect, a particular paradigm that may have influenced the shape of the Psalms in certain ways. He argues that the Deuteronomic Kingship Law, in Deuteronomy 17:14-20, has been used as an intellectual construct to shape and nuance the psalmic presentation of kingship. His quotations are in Hebrew with English translation. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR