Words to God’s Music (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Laurance Wieder
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Language or languages, Philosophy or philosophers, Literature, Religion, Poetry or poets, God, Human race, Christianity, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Biblical times, Songs or songwriters, Judaism
Originally composed over a period of centuries by professional musicians who served in the sanctuaries and royal courts of ancient Israel and Judah, the Hebrew psalms have nurtured the faith of Jews and Christians for more than three thousand years. Believers have chanted and recited these sacred canticles during religious ceremonies and read them during private prayer. The psalms have also sparked the imaginations of well-known doubters such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and George Gordon, Lord Byron.
Why have the psalms enjoyed such longevity and appeal? One answer could be...
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