The abridged version of Westermann's classic three-volume work on Genesis. This work presents a magisterial commentary in a condensed and more poluar form.
Praise and lament are two major approaches to praying to God. In this book, Claus Westermann investigates these primary categories of the Psalms and shows their meaning for prayer and worship.
An exposition of Genesis, ch. 1-3.
This book, a volume in the Old Testament Library series, explores chapters 40-66 of the book of Isaiah.
"Claus Westermann's commentary on Genesis is one of the really great commentaries -- great in size (three large volumes), great in comprehensiveness (covers all aspects of the text and has massive bibliographies), and great in theological ...
This relationship is the stimulus for Claus Westermann's search for a theological clarification of blessing.
Taken together, these essays are "examples of the thoroughness and exegetical insight which have characterized Westermann's work on Genesis" (Catholic Biblical Quarterly) throughout his distinguished career.
Introduction: A Call to Praise The Community Psalm of Lament (CL) The Community Psalm of Narrative Praise (CP) The Individual Psalm of Lament (IL) The Individual Psalm of Narrative Praise (IP) The Psalm of Descriptive Praise of Hymn (H) ...