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Monday, November 21, 2005
WOWAW 21: ‘The Bible [is] a liturgical book’
This week’s Words Of Wisdom About Worship:
The structure of [liturgical] celebration is a given that comes with Scripture itself. In terms of both origin and use the Bible can be called a liturgical book. This fact is self-evident when it comes to the five books of the Psalms. It is less well known that, apart from the Psalms, some seventy additional songs occur in Scripture, among which are the familiar canticles of Miriam, Hezekiah, Simeon, Zechariah, and others. In addition, many stories have a liturgical “setting,” such as the story of the Exodus, the story of the entry into Canaan (Joshua), and the many liturgical moments (and fragments) in the book of Revelation.
- E.H. van Olst, The Bible and Liturgy, trans. by John Vriend
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by Nathan Bierma
Earlier: WOWAW 20
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