The Emotional Landscape of Abelard ’s Planctus David super Saul et Ionatha

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol J. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Original Music ◽  
First Person ◽  
Personal Reflection ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Emotional Landscape

In Abelard’s Letter 16 addressed to ‘Héloise, sister to be revered in Christ and loved’, he refers to a set of six planctus or laments written in the voices of a number of Old Testament characters The last of these, Planctus 6, in which David laments for Saul and Jonathan, is probably the most famous and is the only one for which a reliable, original music setting survives. The laments are all in the first person and provide a deeply personal reflection on the tragic events which inspired them; they are virtuosic in language and almost shockingly intense in emotional range. This study examines Planctus 6 considering the link between Abelard’s language and the expression of specific emotions and, wherever possible, examines how music serves to intensify that expression.

Allegory or Literal Historical Interpretation?: Andrew Fuller’s Critique of Robert Robinson’s View of the Canonicity of the Song of Songs

2019 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-288
Author(s):  
Jeongmo Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Song Of Songs ◽  
Historical Interpretation ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Exegetical Tradition

This study deals with Andrew Fuller’s (1754–1815) critique of Robert Robinson of Cambridge (1735–1790) with a particular focus on Fuller’s critique of Robinson’s view of the canonicity of the Song of Songs. Fuller’s defence of the canonicity of the Song of Songs and his interpretation of it evidently follows the mainstream Protestant view of the Reformation and the Post-Reformation eras in continuity with the patristic and medieval exegetical tradition. In particular, standing firm with the predominant exegetical tradition of previous centuries, Fuller takes allegory as the main exegetical method to interpret the Song of Songs. Even though Fuller emphatically rejects the use of vain allegory as a human invention, his interpretation of the Song of Songs indicates that if allegory may be able to connect appropriate features in an Old Testament passage with a greater truth revealed in Christ, he allows for the use of allegory to expose the meaning of the text.

scholarly journals Die messiaanse aard van psalms: hoe dit ’n Nuwe-Testamentiese lees, vertaling en omdigting van die psalms raak

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Helberg
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Law ◽  
Psalm 2

The messianic character of the psalms: how it affects a New Testament reading, translation and re-versification of the psalms The 2001 re-versification of the psalms as well as the 1983 translation in Afrikaans is rejected by some, because the messiah is not rendered in capital letters. This article views the matter from the perspective of Psalm 1 and 2 as an introduction which characterises the whole psalter as messianic. This article explores what this means. The relation between Psalm 2 (re kingship) and Psalm 1 (re the Law/Word of Yahweh) is in- vestigated in able to view the “messianic” concept in its real perspective. The same applies to the relation Old Testament- New Testament and expectation-fulfilment. The regenerative character of the fulfilment in Christ as well as its implication for one’s inclination towards one’s neighbour and how it affects that of the psalmists is explored. The conclusion of the article is that to render the messiah in capital letters in the psalms is to bypass the regenerartive fulfilment by Christ and to ignore the implication thereof regarding enemies.

scholarly journals Christ as the Goal of the Law (Rom 10,4). Christ as the Converging Point in the History of Salvation.

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 441-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matjaž Celarc
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
Salvation History ◽  
History Of ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Law

The article attempts to present Paul’s argument in the Letter to the Romans that Christ is the goal of the Law and the culmination of all Israel’s expectations, as suggested by the propositio Rom 10,4. The article highlights Paul’s thought that Judaism and Christianity are not at odds but are part of God’s plan that leads to Christ from the Law. The author uses the approaches of rhetorical analysis and intertextual reading. An analysis of structure, vocabulary and subject matter shows how all Paul’s thought supports the idea of the continuity of the salvation history of Christ. Not less crucial is the intertextual approach, which shows how Paul bases his thought on the Old Testament parallels tied to the theme of the covenant that characterizes deuteronomistic and prophetic thought. The article points to an additional historical literary parallel to Luke, who presents Christ in the Apostolic Works as the fulfilment of Messianic expectations. The article shows how Paul invites his contemporaries and today’s readers to discover in Christ the key to the history of salvation.

The Hopi “Old Testament” a First-Person Essay

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob A. Loewen
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
First Person ◽  
Tribal Societies ◽  
Original Contract

This essay focuses on a concern that many tribal societies voice, namely, that their ancestors had a covenant with God much like that of the Old Testament Hebrews. They feel that their original contract with God was condemned when Christianity came and that they were given a choice either to become Christian and be saved or to remain Hopi and be lost. They could not be both! Does the gospel not make Hopis better Hopis, Zulus better Zulus, etc.?

Four ‘Ordinary’ Deaths

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kausar S. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Early Research ◽  
Available P ◽  
First Person ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Loss And Grief ◽  
Emotional Landscape

This chapter by Kausar S. Khan draws continuities between her early research in unplanned settlements (katchi abadis) in Orangi, her activism in the Karachi’s Women’s Action Forum, and her academic research into the effects of structural, gendered and political violence on women and marginalized communities. She offers a moving account of the deaths of four friends in 2013. Khan writes using the first person, forcing the reader into an intimate, uncomfortable relation with the text, and the emotional landscape she engages. This compelling auto-ethnographic piece highlights the contradiction in experiences of loss and grief which are deeply unfathomable, compared with the need to crystallize their articulation in activist agendas. Thereby it comprises a view into violence’s lasting effects, ways research and activism co-constitute spaces of mourning, and the basis of a hardening desire to oppose violence by the means available.

The Spirit of Life and the Spirit of Immortality: An Appreciative Review of Levison’s Filled with the Spirit

Pneuma ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank D. Macchia
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The One

AbstractLevison’s Filled with the Spirit explores the deep difference between the two Testaments in how Spirit filling is understood. While the Old Testament holds Spirit filling to be a flourishing of human life through an interaction of divine and human initiatives, the New Testament sees it as a subsequent gift granted supernaturally through faith in Christ. Yet, there is also a sense of continuity in the midst of this difference, especially in how the flourishing of life resists death. This review appreciatively explores Levison’s understanding of such biblical tensions and continuities in the light of the one-sided accent of Pentecostalism on the supernatural quality of life in the Spirit, but also in the light of the question as to whether or not Levison has unnecessarily widened the gap between the pneumatologies of the two Testaments.

Beyond the Things that are Written? St Paul's Use of Scripture

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morna D. Hooker
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Way

It seemed appropriate that a lecture given to honour a scholar whose concerns have been centred on the Old Testament, by someone whose field is the New Testament, should link together these two topics. I have therefore chosen to consider one aspect of the problem of the way in which the Old Testament is interpreted by New Testament authors: more specifically, the authority ascribed by one of them – St Paul – to the Old Testament in relation to the revelation of God in Christ.

Romans 7: 14–25 and the Problem of Akrasia

1985 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-515
Author(s):  
Dr A. Van Den Beld
Keyword(s):  
Main Issue ◽  
Weakness Of Will ◽  
First Person ◽  
Explicit Reference ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Split Personality ◽  
Crucial Part ◽  
Made In

Romans 7: 14 if. has traditionally been one of the most frequently discussed passages in the whole of the Pauline Corpus. Nevertheless, this pericope has attracted attention more because it is consistently regarded as a crucial part of Paul's theology, than because of its intrinsic exegetical problems. The main issue is whether the ‘split personality’ and the weakness of will (to which explicit reference is made in verse 19: ‘For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do’) should be regarded as essential to the life of the believing Christian; or, rather, as characteristic for those who are not ‘in Christ’ and therefore beyond the power of his Spirit. For the systematic theologian, the question of whether the first person singular in these verses should be understood in an autobiographical sense is a subordinate one. However this particular question is answered, we are still confronted by the main issue.

Augustine and Pentecostals

Pneuma ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-280
Author(s):  
Derek M. Geerlof
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
The Past ◽  
Triune God ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Church ◽  
Figurative Interpretation

This essay interacts with Augustine’s figurative interpretation of Ps 142 and a pentecostal priority to experience God in ways analogous to experience found within the narratives of Scripture. Contending that the Psalms are both historical and prophecy-fulfilled-in-Christ, Augustine interprets Ps 142 within the dual histories of David and Christ. This grounds his figurative interpretation firmly within scriptural narratives while providing a means of viewing the psalm as the prayerful expression of Christ’s own experience. His theology of the totus Christus then unites the experiences of the church and Christ, ensuring that Christian interpretation of an Old Testament experience does not bypass Christ. The telos of interpretation does not reside in the past, but in the present transformation and encounter of the church with the triune God.

scholarly journals Makna Kemah Suci Hingga Bait Allah Bagi Kehidupan Religius Kristen Masa Kini

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Jhon Leonardo Presley Purba
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
God's People ◽  
The World ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The religious life of today's Christians cannot be separated from the religious life of God's people in Old Testament times centered on the Tabernacle and temple. Therefore, this study aims to find and explain the meaning of the Tabernacle and the Temple for today's Christian religious life. This research is presented in descriptive qualitative form. The method used is literature studies to collect as many theories as possible from literature materials that correlate with research topics. The sources used are textbooks, physical or e-books, and journals. The results of this study show the Tabernacle of God, through Moses, speaks of the image of Christ in His journey, ministry and glory on earth. While the Temple, through Solomon, spoke of Christ in His ministry and glory in heaven. Implementation for Christians today, everyone must come to God through faith in Christ, Christians are the temple or dwelling place of the Spirit of God today, God is always present and leads the christian life, Christians must offer themselves to God and be His witnesses in the world. Kehidupan religius orang Kristen masa kini tidak dapat dilepaskan dari kehidupan religius umat Allah pada zaman Perjanjian Lama yang berpusat pada Kemah Suci dan Bait Allah. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mencari dan menjelaskan makna Kemah Suci dan Bait Allah bagi kehidupan religius Kristen masa kini. Penelitian ini disajikan dalam bentuk kualitatif deskriptif. Metode yang digunakan adalah studi literature untuk mengumpulkan sebanyak mungkin teori dari bahan kepustakaan yang berkorelasi dengan topik penelitian. Sumber-sumber yang digunakan adalah buku teks, fisik atau e-book, dan jurnal. Hasil penelitian ini  menunjukkan Kemah Suci Allah, melalui Musa, berbicara tentang gambaran Kristus dalam perjalanan, pelayanan dan kemuliaan-Nya di bumi. Sedangkan Bait Allah, melalui Salomo, berbicara tentang Kristus dalam pelayanan dan kemuliaan-Nya di surga. Implementasi bagi Kristen masa kini, setiap orang harus datang kepada Allah melalui iman dalam Kristus, orang Kristen adalah bait atau tempat berdiamnya Roh Allah saat ini, Allah senantiasa hadir dan menuntun kehidupan orang Kristen, orang Kristen harus mempersembahkan dirinya bagi Allah dan menjadi saksi-Nya di dunia.

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