Praying the Psalms: Engaging Scripture and the Life of the Spirit (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 97 pages
• Publisher: Cascade Books; 2nd Edition edition (May 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556352832
• ISBN-13: 978-1556352836
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that gives deserved life to the Psalms., April 27, 2008

By	Suzanne Ryder (Ireland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This looks to be a beautiful book. Its subject matter is not psalms unto themselves, but rather an engagement with these magnificent, ancient poems. I likes very much that Brueggemann starts by putting them into the context within which they were first written. They are not the direct word of God but have been written by human beings within their own lives. Further to this, he goes on to present the drama of the psalms and the constructs used by their scribes to express the truths they experienced in their daily lives. I also appreciated very much the discussion on language, as I believe myself that language merits great reflection. All in all, I am delighted with this short but wise book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brueggemann's Typical Division of the Psalms, July 25, 2008

By	R. Palmer "b.p." (Memphis, TN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Walter Brueggemann, one of the (perhaps "the") OT scholar of our time classifies Psalms into three categories (following other Psalms scholars):

* Psalms of Orientation
* Psalms of Disorientation
* Psalms of Reorientation

This view is part of the cannonical view of the Psalter that takes the arrangement of the Psalter (what is placed in each of the five books of the Psalter) as key to its interpretation.

Highly recommended as a brief introduction to Brueggemann's classification. Other Psalms scholarship is better for a more detailed (scholarly) approach.

Also, you really don't find detailed instructions of the form, "Here is how you pray the Psalms..." If you're looking for that, you might try one of the books by Phyllis Tickle: The Divine HoursTM, Pocket Edition (This is the condensed edition. The three-edition set is the full edition, but this is a good, inexpensive introduction to fixed hour prayer.)

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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent service, July 10, 2009

By	Charles E. Steen - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The service was very fast, and the condition of the book was as promised. I'd do business with them for sure.