{"id":23986,"date":"2016-05-04T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=23986"},"modified":"2016-05-03T20:36:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T00:36:48","slug":"reading-the-psalms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/05\/reading-the-psalms\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading the Psalms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The site with the video conversation on the Psalms by Bono and Eugene Peterson <\/a>includes some useful tips from theology professor David Taylor on reading the Psalms. \u00a0Read them after the jump.<\/p>\n

What are your favorite Psalms?<\/p>\n

From David Taylor, \u00a0Bono & Eugene Peterson on THE PSALMS \u2013 Fuller Studio<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Reading tips for the Psalms:
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  1. Pay attention to the whole of a psalm, not just to the parts of a psalm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Read the psalms consistently, rather than occasionally and sporadically.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Pay attention to the internal coherence of a psalm or a section of psalms, rather than allowing them to remain fragmented parts, reflective of our immediate and self-absorbed interest.<\/li>\n
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        1. Read the psalms out loud, not just silently.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Read and sing and pray the psalms together, not just alone.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. Pay attention the Psalter\u2019s \u201chospitable \u2018I\u2019\u201d and its \u201cintimate communal\u201d sense, rather than allowing the individual expressions to devolve to individualism and the communal expressions to devolve to an impersonal communalism.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. Immerse yourself in the metaphors that the psalmist employs, rather than remaining distant and detached from them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. Pay attention to the placement and role of the psalms in the biblical canon, rather than viewing them as isolated and idiosyncratic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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