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Die Psalms: soorte, funksie, aard en die omdigting van Psalm 131

In die Skriflig, 2002
Psalms: types, function, character and the versification of Psalm 131 The publishing of Liedboek van die kerk (2001) has emphasised the importance of the Psalms for the liturgy and the hymnology. This article considers the following aspects: the bridge
C.J.A. Vos
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Psalm 40: Één of Twee Psalms?

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2000
Psalm 40: One or two Psalms? Interpretation problems imbedded in Psalm 40 are often prioritized above the function of the psalm. The unity of Psalm 40 is to be investigated in this article. Verses 14 to 18 are in lexemic congruence with Psalm 70. Psalm 40 is frequently discussed in the light of Psalm 70.
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The Psalms’ Ancient Musicality, Later Musical Reception and Bono’s Psalmic Spirituality

Old Testament Essays, 2019
The link between the biblical Psalms and musicality is explored in this contribution. The interpretative engagement with texts as much as with music is indicated en route to taking a position on whether an authentic, accurate rendition of the ancient ...
Christo Lombaard
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Benedict XVI’s Interpretation of the Psalms

Verbum Vitae
This article aims to analyze the way Pope Benedict XVI quotes and interprets biblical psalms. In the introductory section, the author presents statistics and the ways in which Benedict XVI quotes Book of Psalms, and then offers a general, introductory ...
Wojciech Węgrzyniak
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Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
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Editorial

In die Skriflig, 2006
Die redaksie bied graag hierdie uitgawe aan. Hierdie uitgawe bevat artikels oor ’n wyse verskeidenheid onderwerpe. Een van ons ou bekende bydraers prof J.L.
Editorial Office
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Desegregationist Pan‐African Spiritual Strivings: Du Bois, the Black Church and the Critique of Imperialism*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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The Mind in the Old English Prose Psalms

Review of English Studies, 2019
The Prose Psalms, an Old English translation of the first 50 psalms into prose, have often been overshadowed by the other translations attributed to Alfred the Great: the Old English Pastoral Care, with its famous preface, and the intellectually daring
Amy Faulkner
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A Family Affair: War, Agency and Female Epistolary Networks in Renaissance Italy

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article draws on the largely unexplored epistolary archive of dozens of women who were born or married into military families in northern Italy around the time of the first phase of the Italian Wars (1494–1530). Building on recent work on early modern agency, patriarchy, networks and emotional communities, the article reconstructs and ...
Stephen Bowd
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Ascending the Hill to Praise: The Function of the Psalter’s Structure and Poetry in Forming Hearts of Praise

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University
The Psalms constitute more than a randomized collection of discrete songs. God has given the psalms to form believers through regular performance. The Psalms are not merely an anatomy of the soul: the Psalms are medicine for the soul.
Aniol Scott
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