How Messianic are the Psalms?
This question is discussed by Stephen Kneale.
Do we look for Christ in all the psalms, or only in this customarily considered to be Messianic?
Expositors from Augustine to Luther tended to take the maximalist approach. Calvin, however, stressed the original contexts of the psalms, and so adopted a more minimal interpretation.
In recent times, Bonhoeffer and Ash have leant towards the maximalist position, whereas others, including Dale Ralph Davis, incline towards a more limited reading.…








