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Lesson OneIntroduction to the Psalms3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoPsalm 233 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreePsalm 1033 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourPsalm 723 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FivePsalm 1373 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
Participants 180
Discussion Questions
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What was your view on studying the Psalms prior to enrolling in this course?
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My view of studying the Psalms was getting more insight into the Psalms of King David. I also want to understand the difference in style of Psalms written by persons other than David. I also want
to gain insight into why the poetry or songs were so important to the early church . -
Well, my view was that Psalms are songs to praise God, asking for help and support in difficult time, songs of thanksgiving etc.
Very interesting the quote “What has been written with imagination must be read with imagination.
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In the first lesson Dr. Heim gives the following: from the Roman Catholic Spanish theologian Luis Alonso Schokel, “What has been written with imagination, must be read with imagination.” And by the way, if you forget everything else from this lecture on the introduction to the Psalms and remember only this sentence, you remember the most important thing I want to share with you: “What has been written with imagination, must be read with imagination.”
I do not believe that any of the psalmist or others used to gives us the Old and New Testament scriptures wrote with imagination. I believe they were written as God wanted them to be written. Second Timothy 3:16 tells us, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” All scripture was given by inspiration not by imagination. Therefore, scripture is not understood by our imagination, but through the inspiration of God. In Second Peter 1:21 we are told, “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” The Word of God did not come by the will or imagination of man, but they wrote or spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost not by their imagination.
Scripture was not written through imagination. It was written through the inspiration of God.
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However, I believe that imagination is useful and we can use it when it is subject to the limits of Scripture and directed by the Holy Spirit.
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I want to see if I can distinguish between the Psalms of David and other writers. Is there a spiritual connection between the Psalms other than the Lord?
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My prior view of Psalms was trying to interpret unfamiliar words or words placed in sentences that may or may not have changed the meaning. I can understand that they are sometimes metaphors but at other times I thought they meant what they said they meant.
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Has anything in this first lecture changed your view of the Psalms?
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