"The Book of Psalms" is one of the most frequently cited books in the "New Testament". This book examines the topic within the broader use of the "Old Testament" in the "New Testament", that of the prophetic reading of the "Psalms" in the "Synoptic Gospels" and in the context of Second Temple Judaism.

The Book of Psalms is one of the most frequently cited books in the New Testament. The Synoptic Evangelists seem to read the Psalms not primarily as prayers but as prophecies of the future. They discovered in its language prophecies concerning the life and ministry of Jesus and attempted to show how Jesus' life was prefigured in the Psalms. Samuel Subramanian examines the topic within the broader use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, that of the prophetic reading of the Psalms in the Synoptic Gospels and in the context of Second Temple Judaism. Although others have treated individual psalm quotations as prophecy, my work is the first to examine all of the psalm quotations within the Synoptic Gospels in this light and the first to demonstrate that these excerpts were used prophetically. In some cases, these psalm quotations were used by the Synoptic Evangelists in a manner that is thought to fulfill a prophecy from or about Jesus within the gospel narratives, even though this particular use of the psalms by the Synoptic Evangelists has not been widely recognized previously. This study shows how similar exegetical techniques of looking for prophecies in the Psalms was practiced by non-Christian Jews of the period.

"There is no doubt that Subramanian fulfills the desideratum he identified in the very beginning of his book; he offers the first comprehensive investigation into the reading of the Psalms in the Synoptic Gospels as prophetic texts. His observations are sound, his method is well thought-out, and the conclusions he draws are compelling. With this study he serves different areas of research (New Testament and Old Testament exegesis, source criticism, Septuagint research, just to mention a few). It is a landmark study for all those who will examine this topic or dedicate their research to similar topics in the future, and it raises questions that must really be addressed again, among them, above all, the source question." -Thomas J. Kraus, Review of Biblical Literature, November 2008