Glory to Jesus Christ! I am very certain that the English translation of the Masoretic Hebrew text that the text is based on (referenced at the end of the introduction) is the RSV. So by comparison you can kind of see where the Septuagint diverges from the Masoretic. But they also correct the text to the Dead Sea Scrolls and unspecified “other ancient witnesses”. So I don’t suppose that would always work.
Oh man. Just in time for the beginning of Advent too! Speaking of, will you do any videos that are specifically geared for the advent/Christmastide season?
Fun fact: the Psalter that we use is a weekly psalter as it’s designed around the monastic idea of praying 15-20 psalms a day for the two major hours of matins and vespers, not counting the usual psalms prayed as part of the standard office. So in the course of the week, the church is going through all 150 psalms, which can be pretty daunting. Also psalm 151, while included in the psalter, is actually outside of the psalter proper and is not grouped in the traditional daily divisions of the psalms. As such psalm 151 has no official liturgical function, at least in the Eastern Orthodox Church (though I think the oriental orthodox, that is the Copts, Ethiopians and the Armenians etc do include it in their liturgical services). As such psalm 151 is geared more for private devotional use.
Thank you, Brother Tim 🌹🌹🌹🌹
Thank you for doing this review!
Tim you may want to check out the Psalms in 30 days from Holman. It is CSB but it is a cool tool.
Thanks, I’ll look into it!
Glory to Jesus Christ! I am very certain that the English translation of the Masoretic Hebrew text that the text is based on (referenced at the end of the introduction) is the RSV. So by comparison you can kind of see where the Septuagint diverges from the Masoretic. But they also correct the text to the Dead Sea Scrolls and unspecified “other ancient witnesses”. So I don’t suppose that would always work.
Oh man. Just in time for the beginning of Advent too! Speaking of, will you do any videos that are specifically geared for the advent/Christmastide season?
I generally don’t. Let me consider it though!
Assaulter? Yikes 😳 yeah, I have an orthodox Psalter that was printed by a monastery. The numbering throws me off!
Fun fact: the Psalter that we use is a weekly psalter as it’s designed around the monastic idea of praying 15-20 psalms a day for the two major hours of matins and vespers, not counting the usual psalms prayed as part of the standard office. So in the course of the week, the church is going through all 150 psalms, which can be pretty daunting. Also psalm 151, while included in the psalter, is actually outside of the psalter proper and is not grouped in the traditional daily divisions of the psalms. As such psalm 151 has no official liturgical function, at least in the Eastern Orthodox Church (though I think the oriental orthodox, that is the Copts, Ethiopians and the Armenians etc do include it in their liturgical services). As such psalm 151 is geared more for private devotional use.