Episode 44
Our Harps in the Trees
21 September 2017
46 mins 55 secs
Season 2
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About this Episode
Brent Billings and Reed Dent discuss the collection of ancient songs known as the Psalms.
The Message of the Psalms by Walter Brueggemann
Answering God by Eugene H. Peterson
The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter
The Art of Biblical Poetry by Robert Alter
Praying the Psalms by Thomas Merton
Classifying the Psalms by Genre
Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott
Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible by Thomas G. Long
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Legacy Episode Content
- Episode updated 20 July 2026
- Original audio from 21 September 2017
- Transcript for BEMA 44 of 21 September 2017