Continuing where the first New Beacon Bible Commentary on Psalms left off, NBBC Psalms 73-150 expertly explores relevant details of these prayers and hymns such as their poetic features, theological emphases, and types (thanksgiving psalms, praise psalms, laments, etc.). Attention is given to Old Testament thematic elements found in the Psalms, as well as the important influence of the Psalms on Jesus and the New Testament writers. A helpful glossary and an extensive bibliography are included.
David L. Thompson is professor emeritus of biblical studies at Asbury Theological Seminary, where he taught biblical languages and literature for over thirty years. He holds a B.D. and a Th.M. in Old Testament from Asbury Seminary and a Ph.D. in ancient Near Eastern studies from the Johns Hopkins University. His publications, Bible Study That Works and God's Healing for Hurting Families, express his interest in offering learned material in the language of the laity.
BARRY L. ROSS retired in 2011 as professor of Old Testament and Biblical Hebrew at Anderson University School of Theology. He has also taught at Azusa Pacific University, United Wesleyan College, and Union Biblical Seminary in India. He served twenty years as missionary to Asia with the Wesleyan Church, the denomination in which he holds ordination. He has earned degrees from Houghton College, Asbury Theological Seminary, the University of Michigan, and Drew University.
Dr. Alex Varughese is professor emeritus of biblical literature at Mount Vernon Nazarene Univeristy, where he taught in the religion department for thirty-two years, until 2014. He also served as a religion professor at Eastern Nazarene College, an adjunct faculty member for Nazarene Theological Seminary, and a visiting lecturer in a number of overseas theological schools. He is a retired ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. His education includes BS and MS degrees (University of Kerala, India), MA in regligion (Olivet Nazarene University), MDiv (Nazarene Theological Seminary), and M.Phil and PhD degrees in biblical studies (Drew University). Varughese currently serves as the managing editor for the Centennial Initiative Textbook project for the Church of the Nazarene and as the general editor of the New Beacon Bible Commentary (NBBC) series. His contributions include writing and editing Discovering the Old Testament, Discovering the New Testament, and Discovering the Bible, and co-authoring the NBBC volumes on Jeremiah 1-25, Jeremiah 26-52, and Genesis 12-50.