Cartea Psalmilor – expunerea Torei în formă lirică

Abstract

The central element of Old Testament revelation, around which the other writings revolve, is the Torah or Pentateuch. Neviim and Chetubim also have the Law as their main theme but approached it from an apologetic and missionary-pastoral perspective respectively. The prophets are the most devoted defenders of the Law, but at the same time, they also reveal the ways and methods of inscribing the Law on the flesh tablets of the heart (Jer 31). On the other hand, didactic-poetic literature offers us practical lessons in embodying the Law. All these aspects draw our attention to how God reveals himself and works in history, causing the structures of salvation history to emerge clearly within it. These considerations convinced me to focus on the Psalter and to highlight how this book presents a Pentateuchal structure, how it focuses on the theme of the Law, and how it becomes a prayer book through which the believer comes to pray with the heart.