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Praying the Psalms: Engaging Scripture and the Life of the Spirit | 
 enlarge | Author: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher: Cascade Books
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 97
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5 x 0.3
ISBN: 1556352832
EAN: 9781556352836
ASIN: 1556352832
Publication Date: May 2007
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 Brueggemann's Typical Division of the Psalms July 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.)
 A book that gives deserved life to the Psalms. April 27, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
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.
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