The Psalms of David
Translated from the Septuagint Greek
In this rendering, the Psalms become once again what they were for Christian believers from the very beginning: the hymnal of the Church. They remain, certainly, the songs of Israel: from its cries of lamentation to its shouts of exultation. But for the Christian reader, they become as well hymns of petition and praise that express both the joy and the longing of those who live 'in Christ' . . . At the same time their very language can convey to us the assurance that, as he has throughout the millennia, God hears our prayer and responds to it with boundless mercy, love, and compassion.--from the Preface by Fr. John BreckProfessor Sheehan's br…
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Weitere Autoren: Sheehan, Carol Xenia (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-63087-124-6
- EAN: 9781630871246
- Produktnummer: 30236954
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 9'110 KB
Über den Autor
Donald Sheehan (PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison) began his long teaching career at the University of Chicago and concluded it at Dartmouth College. He served for twenty-seven years as Director of The Frost Place in Franconia, New Hampshire, where he created internationally acclaimed writing programs and inspired many contemporary poets. Becoming an Orthodox Christian in 1984, he studied, prayed, taught, and wrote about Psalms until his repose in 2010.
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