It takes the average reader 4 hours and 32 minutes to read Praying the Language of Enmity in the Psalter by Aran J. E. Persaud
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How is it possible to hold a New Testament ethic to love one's enemies and pray for their physical infliction, shame, death, and suffering of family members? And yet, the Psalter, the prayer book of the Church, contains such prayers. In modern times, the Church has adopted a semi-Marcionite attitude towards these troubling texts, excluding whole psalms or parts from liturgies and private use. But as the age of "terror" dawns upon us, we are finding that these texts speak of unchanging realities that perhaps the ancients were abler to understand than moderns. Two great wars and a multitude of...
Praying the Language of Enmity in the Psalter by Aran J. E. Persaud is 266 pages long, and a total of 68,096 words.
This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 12 minutes to read Praying the Language of Enmity in the Psalter aloud.
Praying the Language of Enmity in the Psalter is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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