Explore your spiritual life. Create a
personal theology. Challenge and
test your faith—all using the Book of Psalms.
test your faith—all using the Book of Psalms.
The Book of Psalms has been beloved by
generations of readers. It offers solace in times of trouble,
holds out hope for rescue and redemption, and helps to answer
some of the difficult questions raised by faith. The Book of
Psalms is more personal than other books of the Bible; instead
of telling stories with God as the central actor, the psalmists
talk to—and about—God.
Keeping Faith with the Psalms leads you into the Bible to discover ways
you can use the Psalms to shape your own personal spiritual
outlook. Daniel Polish does not give any simple solutions, but
reveals how you can discover answers for yourself through the
Psalms. You will explore:
• Meeting God in Nature
•
Finding God in Torah
• Finding God through the
Historical Experience of the Jewish People
• The
Problem of Evil in Our World
• Facing Our
Mortality
• Finding Our Relationship with God
•
Jerusalem as Symbol and Reality
• What Does the Lord
Require? The Call to Social Justice
Through the threads of meaning, questions,
and perspectives offered in the psalms themselves, Rabbi
Polish’s guide offers an intimate look at the issues that
touch and influence your personal theology.
Praise for Daniel Polish’s Work
“[Polish’s] book is not so
much an exercise in scholarship as it is a report of a
spiritual encounter…. [This book] just might mark a
turning point in the spiritual life of American Jewry.”
—Moment
“This is a book of profound
spirituality. It will enliven parish discussion groups and
provide a suitable text around which to organize retreats and
Catholic-Jewish dialogues. It may well become a spiritual
classic for Jews and Christians alike.”
—Catholic
News Service
“Makes the psalms usable in a
personal way by showing how they articulate feelings that echo
through the generations to our own.”
—Jewish
Book World