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The purpose of this book is to explore what a liturgical approach to the Bible looks like and what hermeneutical implications this might How does the liturgy celebrate, understand, and communicate Scripture? The starting point is Pope Benedict's affirmation that "a faith-filled understanding of sacred Scripture must always refer back to the liturgy" ( Verbum Domini 52). The first part of the book (based on SC 24) provides significant examples to The liturgical order of readings intertextually combines Old Testament and New Testament readings using manifold hermeneutical principles, specifically how the psalms show the wide range of interpretations the liturgy employs. Prayers are biblically inspired and help to appropriate Scripture personally. The hymns convey Scripture in a poetic way. Signs and actions such as foot-washing or the Ephphetha rite enact Scripture. The study considers the Mass, the sacraments and the Liturgy of the Hours. In the second part, Benini systematically focuses on the various dimensions of liturgical hermeneutics of the Bible, which emerge from the first part. The study reflects the approaches the liturgy offers to Scripture and its liturgical reception. I

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Author
Verbum Domini
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Published
2024
Language
EN
ISBN
9780813237190
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Christian, Bible, Religion

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