In Psalm forty nine and the trail to Redemption, Janet Smith revisits her PhD dissertation, dirt or Dew: Immortality within the historical close to East and in Psalm forty nine, reconfiguring the ebook for a basic viewers and increasing it to target a subject matter of biblical redemption. the recent paintings takes the reader during the improvement of Israel's trust in an afterlife, either the optimistic wish but in addition the detrimental destiny of these who're spiritually impoverished. past that, Psalm forty nine takes the reader into the brain and center of the sages and monks who wrote a few of the psalms. There we discover how a lot we proportion with them emotionally and spiritually. in view that Christianity is a circulate with roots within the previous testomony, the reader is brought to a few very important redemption thoughts as expressed via Jesus Christ. ultimately, the e-book studies a couple of sleek near-death stories to invite if the Scriptures relating to afterlife have relevance at the present time. This publication is believed scary and may reason somebody interpreting it to consider their very own own route to redemption.

"Psalm forty nine reminds us there are not any wallet in a shroud; in demise the wealthy and the bad are both impoverished. Janet Smith takes us on a pilgrimage from dying to existence within the historic international and in cutting-edge spirituality. Informative. attention-grabbing. Compelling."
--Ted Peters, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, the Graduate Theological Union

"This ebook should still entice those that desire to pass deeper into the Bible. Focusing totally on the Psalms, Dr. Smith lines a number of suggestions of lifestyles after demise from its dim beginnings in precedent days as much as the current day. Psalm forty nine is her valuable motif: the trustworthy could leisure effortless, either right here and within the grave, as the God of existence won't ever forsake those that belief him, now not their wealth."
--David G. Mullen, Lutheran pastor, retired bishop of the ELCA

"Throughout the paintings, Smith's convictions shine through. This presentation declares that insights she won from studying the traditional texts are suitable for this day simply because they mirror the truth of a residing God. Rooted in sound scholarship, good written, and persuasively argued, the paintings should be of gain to severe Christian pastors and laity alike."
--D. William Faupel, Wesley Theological Seminary, Retired

Janet okay. Smith has a PhD in Hebrew Bible from Union Institute & collage. She is a former illustrator and geologic draftsperson and shortly teaches previous testomony sessions in her Lutheran Church. She is writer of dirt or Dew: Immortality within the historic close to East and in Psalm forty nine (Pickwick, 2011).