Using cognitive theory as a base, this article explores Elijah's experience of depression and God's response to Elijah. Beck's cognitive triad, which consists of a negative view of one's self and one's future, and a negative interpretation of one's experiences, provides the framework for understanding Elijah's sense of hopelessness. God's directive response to Elijah is discussed as being consistent with the therapeutic approach advocated by cognitive theory. The use of psychology in biblical studies is addressed as an emerging post-modern approach to interpreting scripture.
Psalm 19 provides a bridge between the themes of the natural order and the Torah. Its complex metaphor about God's voice informs us of the limitations of knowledge at the boundary. It embodies our search in finding God in the language of metaphor, articulated in worship — the context for this psalm. The psalm provokes reflection on the relation between science and theology, connecting creation and wisdom, and with regard to climate change, living within the natural order. It gifts us a practical ethic of the wisdom more desirable than ‘the gold’ of economics.
trates the claims of the Psalms on the life of the church and on the lives of believers (from SorenKierkegaard to Ray Bradbury, and from Felix Mendelssohn to Willie Nelson). Limburg fre quently illustrates the theological claims of the Psalms by citing rabbinical tales; he regularly relates psalms to the hymnic tradition of the Church and often discusses their use in the Lectionary and the Christian calendar; and he consistently puts the psalms in conversation with other biblical material from both Old and New Testaments.
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