84. Psalms, Night and Day, by Paul Beauchamp ; translated by Peter Rogers, SJ. ISBN 978-1-62600-706-2. Paperback. 272 pages. Bibliography. Index. LIST PRICE: $27.00

An overview of the Psalter as well as a reading of several Psalms, this study is an invitation to examine the words of praise in all that they express about desire, doubt, supplication and salvation. Night and day, the Psalms offer their words to us as they did to Jesus when he taught about their fulfillment, experienced profound sadness or sensed their truth for his life and death and, ultimately, for our own.

About the author: A member of the Society of Jesus, Paul Beauchamp was professor of sacred scripture at the Centre Sèvres in Paris and at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. His research centered on the relationship of the Old and New Testaments and on wisdom literature. Among his books: L’Un et l’Autre Testament; Psaumes nuit et jour; Parler d’Écritures saintes. Translator, Peter Rogers, SJ, PhD, is Professor of French at Loyola University, New Orleans. His previous books include: Proust: Speculative Scripture (Studies in Twentieth Century Literature); The Mystery Play in Madame Bovary: moeurs de province (Rodopi Press). Translations: Gabriel Marcel, Awakenings (Marquette University Press); with Richard Golsan: Dispatches from the Balkan War (University of Nebraska Press). Paul Beauchamp, Fifty Biblical Portraits (Marquette University Press).

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