Author: Greg Kennedy
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
ISBN: 9781627855297
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
"The psalms were products of torment, passion, exultation, faith, fear, confidence and incomprehension. Together they form an existential testament of the human condition reflecting on itself in the light of God. Their supposed author, David-- king, poet, and keen observer of the heart--plumbs the depths of his humanity, pinned inextricably as it was to the divine, through the images, understandings and realities of his day. The sheep, city walls, swords, chariots, vineyards, valleys, political alliances and technologies that constituted his world also populate the psalms. Made timeless by their insight and honesty, the psalms also stand, perhaps demand, to be reupholstered by each succeeding generation, using the everyday stuff of the contemporary world to allow the deepest possible reach into the soul and psyche of each person in her unique historical juncture. Reupholstered Psalms is Greg Kennedy's effort to pray these classic and perennial prayers in a context far removed from ancient Israel. Although the emotions and aspirations remain the same, the actors have changed. Now climate change, forced migration, extinction of species, urban anxiety, consumerism, terrorism and intolerance are the enemies from whom the modern psalmist must plead deliverance. Now God is encountered more often on the city street or the forest trail than in the Temple sanctuary. The book attempts to restore to today's faithful reader, who, like David, has lived victory and defeat in her relation with the divine, the authenticity and rawness inherent to the psalms. It does so in order to make as real and resonant as possible this relation that began millennia ago and continues evolving within every person concretized in a certain time and place. Ultimately, these reupholstered psalms seek to touch God's presence in the joys and jabs of the life of a believer buffeted by the early 21st century."--
Reupholstered Psalms
Author: Greg Kennedy
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
ISBN: 9781627855297
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
"The psalms were products of torment, passion, exultation, faith, fear, confidence and incomprehension. Together they form an existential testament of the human condition reflecting on itself in the light of God. Their supposed author, David-- king, poet, and keen observer of the heart--plumbs the depths of his humanity, pinned inextricably as it was to the divine, through the images, understandings and realities of his day. The sheep, city walls, swords, chariots, vineyards, valleys, political alliances and technologies that constituted his world also populate the psalms. Made timeless by their insight and honesty, the psalms also stand, perhaps demand, to be reupholstered by each succeeding generation, using the everyday stuff of the contemporary world to allow the deepest possible reach into the soul and psyche of each person in her unique historical juncture. Reupholstered Psalms is Greg Kennedy's effort to pray these classic and perennial prayers in a context far removed from ancient Israel. Although the emotions and aspirations remain the same, the actors have changed. Now climate change, forced migration, extinction of species, urban anxiety, consumerism, terrorism and intolerance are the enemies from whom the modern psalmist must plead deliverance. Now God is encountered more often on the city street or the forest trail than in the Temple sanctuary. The book attempts to restore to today's faithful reader, who, like David, has lived victory and defeat in her relation with the divine, the authenticity and rawness inherent to the psalms. It does so in order to make as real and resonant as possible this relation that began millennia ago and continues evolving within every person concretized in a certain time and place. Ultimately, these reupholstered psalms seek to touch God's presence in the joys and jabs of the life of a believer buffeted by the early 21st century."--
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
ISBN: 9781627855297
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
"The psalms were products of torment, passion, exultation, faith, fear, confidence and incomprehension. Together they form an existential testament of the human condition reflecting on itself in the light of God. Their supposed author, David-- king, poet, and keen observer of the heart--plumbs the depths of his humanity, pinned inextricably as it was to the divine, through the images, understandings and realities of his day. The sheep, city walls, swords, chariots, vineyards, valleys, political alliances and technologies that constituted his world also populate the psalms. Made timeless by their insight and honesty, the psalms also stand, perhaps demand, to be reupholstered by each succeeding generation, using the everyday stuff of the contemporary world to allow the deepest possible reach into the soul and psyche of each person in her unique historical juncture. Reupholstered Psalms is Greg Kennedy's effort to pray these classic and perennial prayers in a context far removed from ancient Israel. Although the emotions and aspirations remain the same, the actors have changed. Now climate change, forced migration, extinction of species, urban anxiety, consumerism, terrorism and intolerance are the enemies from whom the modern psalmist must plead deliverance. Now God is encountered more often on the city street or the forest trail than in the Temple sanctuary. The book attempts to restore to today's faithful reader, who, like David, has lived victory and defeat in her relation with the divine, the authenticity and rawness inherent to the psalms. It does so in order to make as real and resonant as possible this relation that began millennia ago and continues evolving within every person concretized in a certain time and place. Ultimately, these reupholstered psalms seek to touch God's presence in the joys and jabs of the life of a believer buffeted by the early 21st century."--
Reupholstered Psalms III
Author: Greg Kennedy SJ
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782898300431
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782898300431
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reupholstered Psalms II
Author: Greg Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782898300424
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782898300424
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Psalms in a New Version
Author: M. Montagu
Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The Psalms and Lamentations
Author: Richard Green Moulton
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Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Seven Penitential Psalms in Verse
Author:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Psalms and Lamentations
Author: Richard Green Moulton
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 260
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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the First Psalm; the Penitential Psalms; and the Seven Consolatory Psalms
Author: Sir Richard Baker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The Psalms of the Return (Book V, Psalms 107-150)
Author: Michael D. Goulder
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567388964
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Book V of the Psalter (Psalms 107-150) divides into three, with the Songs of the Ascents (120-134) as the central section, and the first and third units following parallel structures (historical, Davidic, alphabetical, Hallel psalms). The units are all compositions of the Return period: 107-119 for the reconstruction of the Temple, 120-134 for Nehemiah's wall-building, 135-150 for Ezra's mission. Psalms 120-134 follow the episodes of Nehemiah's 'memoir', in order. All three groups show evidence of evening-morning alternation, and were intended for festal use: 107-118 at the Passover of Ezra 6, 120-134 at the Tabernacles of Nehemiah 12, 135-150 at Ezra's Tabernacles (Neh. 8).
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567388964
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Book V of the Psalter (Psalms 107-150) divides into three, with the Songs of the Ascents (120-134) as the central section, and the first and third units following parallel structures (historical, Davidic, alphabetical, Hallel psalms). The units are all compositions of the Return period: 107-119 for the reconstruction of the Temple, 120-134 for Nehemiah's wall-building, 135-150 for Ezra's mission. Psalms 120-134 follow the episodes of Nehemiah's 'memoir', in order. All three groups show evidence of evening-morning alternation, and were intended for festal use: 107-118 at the Passover of Ezra 6, 120-134 at the Tabernacles of Nehemiah 12, 135-150 at Ezra's Tabernacles (Neh. 8).
Lord Is My Shepherd, The
Author: Albert Micah Lewis
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 1587687496
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
The psalms have something to say to us at every age, at every stage of our life's journey. In this brief devotional, Rabbi Lewis explores three famous psalms in considerable depth, going line by line and giving extensive attention to interpretations of the original Hebrew.
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 1587687496
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
The psalms have something to say to us at every age, at every stage of our life's journey. In this brief devotional, Rabbi Lewis explores three famous psalms in considerable depth, going line by line and giving extensive attention to interpretations of the original Hebrew.