Highlighting: “A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity” by AJ Berkovitz. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2023. English. Hardcover. 274 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1512824186.Sefer Tehillim, The Book of Psalms, incorporates prayer, healing, learning, piety. It permeates our prayers, encompassing emotions of loss and grief, shouts of joy and jubilation, and words of thanksgiving and praise—but the book and its history in Judaism is misunderstood. Below are 10 little-known truths about sefer Tehillim and its origins. In my recently published book, “A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity,” I present one through five in greater detail; Numbers six through 10 is the subject of my current book-in-progress.
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