Commenting on the comments: I have found that it even if the NT epistles are not directly quoting the OT Psalms they are making close allusions to them. I Thess. for example uses very similar terminology to the LXX in relation to the eschaton. One resource I have found helpful is Beale and Carson’s Commentary on the NT use of the OT. This work shows possible hints of the OT (esp. the Psalms from the LXX) throughout almost every major passage in the epistles.

The language of Paul is littered with words and thoughts that are used to show the true meaning of the Psalms. The way the NT authors quoted them argues greatly in favor of a unity between the peoples of God.

I must confess that I find the NT’s use of the Psalter to be fascinating and so I look forward to the results from your studies.

I have been working through Hebrews the past few months and was struck by the subtle, and yet powerful, use of the ‘messianic’ psalms by St. Paul (or whosoever it was who penned the book).

What strikes me is that the Psalms are most often used when the apostolic church was interacting with Jewish believers (Cf. James, Peter, Paul).

What do you mean by “the ways in which it would change or comfirm our traditional religious piety”?

Hebrews reveals one reading - Romans another - and the Gospels yet another. 1 Peter also has a higher density of direct allusions to the Psalms than many the 15 books of the NT where allusions are evident.

Perhaps on our two psalms blogs we will interact on this I think rather difficult inferential problem.

He is the author of Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary.

I would agree that the way Bullinger sees the five books of the Psalms as corresponding to the five books of the Pentateuch is forced however this view was not invented by him. The Jews held that as Moses gave them the five books of the Pentateuch so David gave them the five books of the Psalms.

His application of this was, and is, tainted by his ultradispensationalism however there are some interesting structural details that he draws out and which I shall be posting on in the future.

I find his comments on the Songs of Ascent quite interesting.

As for the man himself; he was a recognised scholar in the field of biblical languages and in 1881 the Archbishop of Canterbury granted him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in recognition of his biblical scholarship. He was also Secretary of the Trinitarian Bible Society.