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Title: The Psalter: A Faithful and Inclusive Rendering from the Hebrew into Contemporary English Poetry, Intended Primarily for Communal Song and Recitation by Gabe Huck, International Commission on English in T, Linda Ekstrom ISBN: 0-929650-88-3 Publisher: Liturgy Training Publications Pub. Date: April, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A very approachable Psalter
Comment: This translation of the Psalms is by the ICEL (International Commission on Enlish in the Liturgy). Their goal is to provide a translation suitable for use in liturgy and personal prayer. This book takes that text and makes it "user friendly". This is done in several ways - clear type with sufficient white space, simple colored diamond-shape separators for separating psalm sections, interspering excellent black and white photographs in keeping with the meditative quality of the Psalms. The afterward provides a brief, non-technical introduction to the Psalms, their liturgical use, and the concerns in translating for liturgical use.
This, together with the companion volume for Canticles is highly reocmmended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Wedding Gift!
Comment: This is my favorite wedding present. My husband and I have been reading a psalm to each other every night for almost 25 years. We've gone through a lot of translations in this way, and this book meets our three criteria: (1) a lyrical translation (2) a text which fits on the narrow headboard of the bed and be lifted easily with one hand while lying in bed (3) a physical text which honors these ancient words of God. (The Abbey Psalter, for example, meets criteria (1) and (3) but not (2).) I don't mean to be flippant; this is not only a physically beautiful book, but one suited to daily use. A rare and wonderful gift.
Rating: 5
Summary: moving and inspirational; the psalms come alive again
Comment: After years and years of hearing the psalms in church and prayer, this wonderful new edition of the Book of Psalms truly brings them to fresh new life. Following scholarly guidelines that also attempt to convey the cadence and rhythm of what are essentially ancient songs of faith, this psalter is both well done and powerful. The artwork that is interspersed throughout the psalms is also very moving and meditative. Each psalm begins with a summary of the psalm that is helpful for prayer and meditation. The psalms are arragned for communal recitation, but they are also beautiful when prayed privately. From the forward and afterword, it seems that this particular version of the psalter is "experimental" with regard to ease-of-use for community prayer, and the authors encourage feedback about such use to help in a possible future "revision." If someone finds the psalms to be meaningful, heart-felt prayer, this psalter will only make them more so!
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Title: The Canticles: A Faithful and Inclusive Rendering from the Hebrew and the Greek into Contemporary English Poetry, Intended Primarily for Communal Song and recitation by International Committee on English in th, Linda Ekstrom ISBN: 156854152X Publisher: Liturgy Training Publications Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Message of the Psalms: A Theological Commentary by Walter Brueggemann ISBN: 0806621206 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: December, 1984 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, James H. Burtness ISBN: 0806614390 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Pub. Date: June, 1974 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Practicing Our Faith : A Way of Life for a Searching People by Dorothy C. Bass ISBN: 0787938831 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 03 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Life of Pi by Yann Martel ISBN: 0156027321 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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