Psalms

Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Because of its original meaning as a song or chant, the word psalm can be used to mean any religious chant or poem of praise. This article, however, deals specifically with the Psalms (with upper-case P) as the book of Scripture.

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Hebrew - Hebrew Bible - Tanakh - Old Testament - Christian - Bible - Song - Chant - Scripture

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The Islamic redaction of the book of Psalms is called the Zabur, and is believed to be one of the holy books revealed by Allah prior to the Qur'an (the others being Tawrat (Torah) and Injil (Gospels).

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Islam - Zabur - Qur'an - Torah - Injil - Gospel

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In the Hebrew Bible, the Psalms are counted among the "Writings" or Hagiographa (one of the three main sections into which the books are grouped). In Luke 24:44 the word "psalms" refers the Writings as a whole.

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Hagiographa - Luke

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The Book of Psalms, especially if printed separately and set for singing or chanting, is also called the Psalter.

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