The Bay Psalm Book and Harvard Hymnody

The Bay Psalm Book, which was printed here in Cambridge three hundred years ago this summer, is something much more significant than a bibliographical rarity or a literary curiosity. Its early editions are, of course, choice items of Americana for collectors, and its verse, which at first sight seem...

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Published in:The Harvard theological review 1940-07, Vol.33 (3), p.225-237
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