<i>Liturgy of the Hours and the Lectio Continua of the</i> <i>Psalter</i>
In the last 40 years, the exegesis of the Psalms has made it increasingly clear that the Psalms should be read as a coherent book, since the individual Psalms are linked together by iuxtapositio and concatenatio. They are not just isolated poems but tell a story, the story of David, God’s anointed k...
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| description | In the last 40 years, the exegesis of the Psalms has made it increasingly clear that the Psalms should be read as a coherent book, since the individual Psalms are linked together by iuxtapositio and concatenatio. They are not just isolated poems but tell a story, the story of David, God’s anointed king who is persecuted and suffers, but ultimately is triumphant—a Christological story. This article examines how the principle of lectio continua of <i>the Psalter</i> is taken into account in the breviaries of Pius V, Pius X and Paul VI, and it shows what problems arise when it is disregarded. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-829fbff063d04735a1c814df06b39d802025-08-20T02:01:14ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442024-12-011512151110.3390/rel15121511<i>Liturgy of the Hours and the Lectio Continua of the</i> <i>Psalter</i>Dieter Böhler0Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, 60599 Frankfurt, GermanyIn the last 40 years, the exegesis of the Psalms has made it increasingly clear that the Psalms should be read as a coherent book, since the individual Psalms are linked together by iuxtapositio and concatenatio. They are not just isolated poems but tell a story, the story of David, God’s anointed king who is persecuted and suffers, but ultimately is triumphant—a Christological story. This article examines how the principle of lectio continua of <i>the Psalter</i> is taken into account in the breviaries of Pius V, Pius X and Paul VI, and it shows what problems arise when it is disregarded.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/12/1511breviary<i>Liturgy of the Hours</i>psalterlectio continuachristology |
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