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| Resource: | Books (141.2700) From Whom No Secrets are Hid : Introducing the Psalms |
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| Author: | Brueggemann, Walter. | |
| Publisher: | Westminster John Knox Press, 2014 | |
| Length: | 224 pages | |
| Heading: | 020 — Bible Study | |
| Subjects: | Bible / Devotional literature; Bible. / Psalms / Criticism, interpretation, etc; psalms commentary; Psalms. | |
| Location: | BS1430.52 .B78 2014 | |
| # Copies: | 1 | |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780664259716 | |
| Description: | FROM THE PUBLISHER: The Psalms express the most elemental human emotions, representing situations in which people are most vulnerable, ecstatic, or driven to the extremities of life and faith. Many people may be familiar with a few Psalms, or sing them as part of worship. Here highly respected author Walter Brueggemann offers readers an additional use for the Psalms: as scripted prayers we perform to help us reveal ourselves to God. Brueggemann explores the rich historical, literary, theological, and spiritual content of the Psalms while focusing on various themes such as praise, lament, violence, and wisdom. He skillfully describes Israel's expression of faith as sung through the Psalms, situates the Psalmic liturgical tradition in its ancient context, and encourages contemporary readers to continue to perform them as part of their own worship experiences. Brueggemann's masterful take on the Psalms as prayers will help readers to unveil their hopes and fears before God and, in turn, feel God's grace unveiled to them. DESCRIPTION: "Pre-eminent biblical studies scholar Brueggemann (Sabbath As Resistance) says Psalms are ultimately therapeutic in that they allow the reader to disclose everything, even secrets. Taking his title from the prayer for purity in the Anglican tradition, Brueggemann demonstrates how the rawness of emotion in the Psalms, however uncomfortable for some, is exactly what is needed to reveal common humanity. What can't be told perforce must be told and full disclosure to oneself and to God keeps individuals healthy. An introduction is followed by Psalm categories: praise, lament/complaint, and thanksgiving. Examples include both the Psalms believers will find familiar and those rarely found in liturgy, Psalms which may not fit with the tone of contemporary worship. This is not an exhaustive work, nor does Brueggemann intend it to be. Its usefulness and uniqueness come from the idea that in praying all of the Psalms, those who pray them come to self-acceptance. He concludes with extensive notes and an appendix that explains his earlier classification system for Psalms into three categories: orientation, disorientation, reorientation. (Aug.)" Publishers Weekly Copyright Pwxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. |
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| Age Groups: | None specified. |
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