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Dr. Bruce Waltke, Psalms, Lecture 28, Editing of the Psalter

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Bruce Waltke


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80.04


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15 July 2016

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20 August 2025


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Biblical eLearning (https://biblicalelearning.org/) presents (audio is also available on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6x4S7N4szzFzzVIwkjvF2s?si=3f230a5f93bf49b9): A free Digital Psalms Course with multiple lecturers and resources is available at: https://biblicalelearning.org/old-testament/psalms-2/ Dr. Bruce Waltke after receiving a Th. D. from Dallas seminary and Ph. D. from Harvard University Dr. Waltke had an extensive teaching career spanning Dallas Seminary, Westminster Seminary and Regent Graduate School (Vancouver, BC). He has published numerous books and articles including: Hebrew Grammar, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (Eisenbrauns), Proverbs (NICOT, 2 vols.), Micah (Tyndale Commentary Series), An Old Testament Theology (Zondervan), and with C. J. Fredricks Genesis (Zondervan) among others. He is currently publishing a series on Psalms with James Houston (The Psalms as Christian Lament and The Psalms as Christian Worship: An Historical Commentary (Eerdmans). This series was taped by Dr. Bill Mounce of biblicaltraining.org in conjunction with Ted Hildebrandt of biblicalelearning.org. This series is available on both web sites. This series is available on both web sites. The audio, full text in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and others are freely available at https://biblicalelearning.org. Also found there are AI-generated study guides, FAQs, and a dialogic audio Podcast summarizing the presentation. Outline: 00:20 Review, Prayer and Introduction 2:05 Name of the Book: Praises [Tehillim] 8:32 How did the Book Come Together? 9:17 First Stage: Individual Psalms 9:45 Stage 2: Handed over to the Chief Musician 11:43 Stage 3: Collection into Groups 12:47 Stage 4: Collection into 5 Books; Stage 5 Collected into Canon 14:05 Techniques of Grouping: Authorship [David, Asaph ] 18:27 Techniques for Grouping: Elohistic Psalter [Pss. 42-83] 37:49 Techniques of Grouping: Themes 43:20 Techniques of Grouping: Titles 43:59 Techniques of Group: Catch Words and Phrases 45:09 Techniques of Grouping: Hallelujah 47:47 The Five Books of the Psalter 58:21 Stage 5: The Psalms and the Canon 1:03:20 The King and the Structure of Psalms 1:19:48 End Dr. Waltke's teaching in audio format is now available on Spotify Podcasting playlist [Biblical eLearning - Ted Hildebrandt]: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02YHtyKqEGyhfSQzdT2akp?si=aac7b84dbc824c0f