This volume follows the general pattern of the series, opening with a discussion of content, of authorship and of the way the collection came to be put together.This volume follows the general pattern of the series, opening with a discussion of content, of authorship and of the way the collection came to be put together, followed by a psalm-by-psalm presentation of the N.E.B. text with commentary.This volume follows the general pattern of the series, opening with a discussion of content, of authorship and of the way the collection came to be put together, followed by a psalm-by-psalm presentation of the N.E.B. text with commentary.This volume follows the general pattern of the series, opening with a discussion of content, of authorship and of the way the collection came to be put together, followed by a psalm-by-psalm presentation of the N.E.B. text with commentary.Name, content and place of the book in the Old Testament; Psalm titles, authorship and growth of the Psalter; History of interpretation; The character of the N.E.B. translation; Literary and poetic characteristics of the psalms; The contents of the Psalter; Commentary.