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Augustine’s Reading of “To the end” in the Psalm Inscriptions

Monday, March 31, 2008

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One of the most pervasive features of the Greek translation of the Psalter is the translation of “to the director” (Heb. lamnassēªḥ) with “to the end” (Gr. eis to telos) in about a third of the Psalms.... Augustine makes a verbal link from the Psalter to Christ by means of the term telos found in Romans 10:4. This is clearly a Christological reading of a Psalm that features little in the way of messianic material.

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