Andrew Faulkner, Professor of Classics, University of Waterloo, Canada and AIAS-COFUND Senior Fellow, Aarhus University, Denmark

• Introduction


• 1: Authorship and Date


• 2: Biblical Paraphrase in Context


• 3: Poetic Tradition, Periphrastic Technique, and Biblical Exegesis


• 4: Text and Translation


• Text and Translation


• Works Cited


• General Index

This book is the first large-scale study of the Metaphrasis Psalmorum since the middle of the twentieth century. It is a critical text and modern translation of a major and important poetic work. The book aims to promote greater awareness of the Metaphrasis Psalmorum and act as a catalyst for future work on the paraphrase.