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Theophany

Traumatized and Sleepless, the Psalmist Seeks Comfort in God’s Immanence

In an existential crisis, the author of Psalm 77 is so incapacitated by his troubles that he struggles to speak. He attempts to bring to mind past memories of God’s kindness, but God has changed and is no longer manifest in his life. In an unexpected turn, the psalmist focuses on Israel’s memory of the Sea crossing at the Exodus. How does this meditation help him move from despair to hope?

Prof.

J. Richard Middleton

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When YHWH Went Forth: A New Reading of Psalm 114

What did the sea see to make it flee? Who caused the mountains to skip like rams?

Prof. Rabbi

David Frankel

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