Books like Reflections on the Psalms

Lewis is often unfairly placed at the helm of Christian apologetics. In fact, if you hear two intelligent people debating the merits of Christianity, it will probably be only a matter of seconds before one of them is refrencing Lewis. Lewis apologetic works (Mere Christianity, Miracles) are attempts to rationalize his beliefs to himself and to any who will listen - they are not the authority on Christian theology and scholarship that they are made out to be (Lewis usually outlines his shortcomings in the introductions to his books).So those who think of Lewis as just an evangelist or a propagandist avoid his best (and lesser known) work.'Reflections on the Psalms' finds Lewis in the role he is best suited for, as a critic of great literature.I kind of dreaded the Psalms until I read this book. The Psalms are revered and read often in Protestant churches but I didn't connect with them as a child, so much context was absent from my understanding and they always seemed like the esoteric ranting of an ancient madman, they certainly did not seem like beautiful lyrics of songs.This book helped me appreciate the Psalms as great poetry. A great critic can sweep you up in the love of his material and influence you to reread the works in discussion, and this is what Lewis did. He addresses the angry portions of Psalms and the violent portions and the longing portions and the sorrowful portions and the ecstatic portions - at times he is baffled by a verse and delighted by another. He writes like a fan who wants you to enjoy the Psalms as much as he does, and he does not write like a Biblical scholar, since he is not one.I think this is one of Lewis' greatest achievments.