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Has anything in this first lecture changed your view of the Psalms?
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I hadn’t thought about the Psalms as poetry or as being able to mislead people. I never read it to fully see the metaphors and that can be used as forces of good or evil.
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What is written with imagination must be read with imagination. While I may have to put on an analytical mind when doing hermeneutics, exegesis or apologetics, this reminds me to listen to poetry, in particular the psalms, with my heart.
It also hadn’t occurred to me that the laws only set minimum standards for tolerable living, and that the poetry of the psalms rises above this social baseline to the highest, heartfelt aspirations to pursue God and good.
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The comparison of Psalms and the Law. The Law is the minimal requirement of the lawgiver but Psalms is the ideal. Indeed moral and ethics are higher than law. I also like the statement “whatever is written in imaginations must be read in imaginations”. I am looking forward to reading Psalms with an imaginative lens.
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Cheers. 🙂
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The statement “superficial interpretations can turn into dangerous traps” really spoke to me. Too often we can read a psalm or other Scripture reference and interpret it in a way that fits our own desires or needs. Having a clear understanding of the psalm’s message is crucial in developing a strong understanding of the intent.
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