Tuesday, December 27, 2016

The Book of Psalms—part 1


The Book of Psalms—part 1

            There is an enormous amount of literature written about the Book of Psalms.  These sources include writings from ancient to modern times and range from technical to devotional.  The Book of Psalms is the most ancient complete collection of mono-theistic lyric and didactic poetry extant today.  It is probably the greatest ancient religious poetry ever written.  These songs written about God have had an unmeasurable influence on mankind from antiquity to present.  The Psalms is studied and respected by Christian and secular scholar’s alike.  The various psalms are studied as literature and the collection is studied as a unit. Certainly the Book of Psalms affords an excellent opportunity to communicate with literature and poetry scholars who are post postmoderns.   

Thought for the Day

Poetry scholars who do not respect the Book of Psalms as inspired Scripture do respect the Psalter for its historic and poetic value.


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