We should read it not as an assortment of poems and songs but as a single rhapsody on God’s covenant promises. Late in the fourth century, a man named Palladius of Galatia left his home (somewhere in ...
Jeremy Irons reads from King James Version of the Book of Psalms, containing some of the most beautiful poetry in the Bible.
‘King David’, painting by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (il Guercino) c. 1768. (Credit: Wikicommons.) Listen The Lord Jesus warns us against “the blind leading the blind.” If we’re blind and desire to ...
(UNDATED) King David is mum and pointing at his tongue. He has promised to speak no evil word, writing “I will bridle my mouth, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” And “the wicked” are in very ...
HAVERHILL — Even after retiring from ministry, the Rev. Jim Gustafson is looking for ways to make the word of God accessible to people. Gustafson, 78, recently published, “psalms/tweets: Psalms in ...
Through an analysis of varying configurations of the persona of David in some Qumran scrolls, I argue for an approach to the study of ancient pseudepigraphy that prioritizes manuscripts over ...