The only English text on Augustines Psalms commentary - demonstrates a theological reading of Scripture
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Great for those who pray the Hours,
By Sister Anne "nunblogger" (C H I C A G O) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Praise Seeking Understanding: Reading the Psalms with Augustine (Radical Traditions) (Paperback)
I don't even know how this book came my way, but I started reading it while preparing for a talk on the Liturgy of the Hours, and boy, am I glad! It's a rather scholarly treatment of Augustine's approach to the interpretation of the psalms, something that has been of late more frequently the subject of ivory-tower snickering than of serious investigation. To tell you the truth, I am running out of those nice little Post-It tabs that I am so devoted to in marking parts I want to copy for myself or incorporate in one or another presentations. While contemporary scripture scholars focus on the historical-critical approach, seeking the historically "literal" meaning of the books of the Bible, Augustine makes use of allegory, imagination and above all, beauty, to move the hearts of his hearers. The ancient bishop was not writing for peer review: he was preparing homilies!I recommend this book especially to priests and deacons, and any who pray the Liturgy of the Hours on a consistent basis. In some pages, it will be a hard slog (as Augustine himself can be), but I am confident you will find it well worth the effort!
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engaging scripture, praise seeking understanding, psalm hermeneutic, figurative exegesis, christological work, figural reading, admirabile commercium, cursing psalms, christological reading, divine kenosis, figurative reading, exegetical practice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Old Testament, Grand Rapids, Augustine's Theology of Scripture, New York, Rowan Williams, Pro Ecclesia, Holy Spirit, Song of Songs, Elsewhere Augustine, John Knox, Oxford University Press, Maria Boulding, Robert Wilken, John's Gospel, Cambridge University Press, Ann Arbor, New Haven, Yale University Press, City of God, Hyde Park, Michael Cameron, Augustine Through the Ages, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought, University Microfilms Browse Sample Pages:
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