Poetic and Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament
RELG 301
Module 3 - Psalms 1-50
Study Report 3 - due by 9am of the Monday following the Module
Download the .doc file for Study Report 3
Fill in and save each daily section as you study during the week.
NOTE on "Key Verses" - There are no "correct" or "incorrect" Key Verses.
The Key Verses are any verses from the daily Bible readings which particularly speak to you on that day. The Study Report will ask you not only to type the verses into your Report, but also to write them out by hand (not into the Report) while speaking them aloud. This will be a way for you to internalize some of the texts which you are studying, and have them in your memory for whenever there is a future need.
Submit the completed file to the relevant Assignment Box in Canvas by 9am the following Monday.
Course Notes
The Study Report will tell you when to read them
Textbook Readings
The Study Report will tell you when to read them
- Pages 359-374, Psalms 1-50
- Pages 363-364, "The Psalms in their Setting"
- Page 367, "A Poet looks at the Psalms
- Page 379, "God and the Universe
- Page 388, "Self-justification, cursing and vengeance in Psalms"""
Scripture Readings
The Study Report will tell you when to read them
- Psalms 1-50
- 2 Samuel 15:10-12, 31
- Matthew 27:33-50
- Mark 15:34
- John 18:23-24
- Acts 2:12-41
- Romans 3:10-12
Videos for the Module - The Study Report will tell you when to watch them.
Some of the videos are marked as "OPTIONAL". I want you all to get a taste of how music and the Psalms can work together, but I know that people vary in their response to music. I don't want you to feel overloaded with music if it is not one of your interests, but I do want you to appreciate the variety of different types of music that can be used with scripture. So you do not have to listen to the Optional videos, but they are available if you like listening to music.
- (Psalm 2) "Why do the Nations so furiously rage together", from Handel's "Messiah"
- (Psalm 2) "Thou shalt break them", from Handel's "Messiah"
- (Psalm 3) "My Glory and the Lifter of my head", (Scripture in Song)
- (Psalm 16) "But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell", from Handel's "Messiah"
- (Psalm 19) "The Law of the Lord is perfect"
- (Psalm 22:7,8) "All they that see Him" and "He trusted in God", from Handel's "Messiah"
- (Psalm 27:4) Psalm 27:4 on the slopes of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
- (Psalm 46) Psalm 46 as a traditional Anglican chant
- (Psalm 46:1) "A Mighty Fortress is our God", by Martin Luther
- (Psalm 46:1) "God is our Strength and Refuge", by Charles Wesley
- OPTIONAL videos :
- (Psalm 8) "How Majestic is Your Name" (Sandi Patty)
- (Psalm 19) "The heavens are telling", by Beethoven
- (Psalm 19) "The heavens are telling", from Hayden's The Creation
- (Psalm 19) "Die Himmel erzählen" by Emil Janssen
- (Psalm 19) "The Heavens Declare Thy Glory, Lord", Isaac Watts
- (Psalm 19:4) "Their sound has gone out", from Handel's "Messiah"
- (Psalm 23) "The Lord's my Shepherd", at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
- (Psalm 23) "The King of Love my Shepherd is", at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
- (Psalm 24:7-10) "The King of Glory comes"
- (Psalm 24:7-10) "Lift up your heads, O ye gates", for Handel's "Messiah"
- (Psalm 25:8-10) "Good and Upright is the Lord"
- (Psalm 46:10) "Be still, and know that I am God"
- (Psalm 48:1-2) "Great is the Lord"
- (Psalm 50:23) "Whosoever offereth praise"
Discussion Board - due by 9am, Friday of the Module
Thread :
Discuss some of the pros and cons of using music in a Church service.
What sort of music would be appropriate? Only settings of Psalms and other Scripture texts? Hymns derived from Scripture? Hymns written by other Christians, but which are only loosely related to scriptural texts? Secular songs?
Post Replies to at least two of your classmates' threads.
Post your Thread by 9am, Friday of the Module
Post replies to two of your classmates' threads by 9am of the Monday following the Module
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