Shinae Wyckoff’s Reviews > Seeing the Psalms: A Theology of Metaphor > Status Update
Shinae Wyckoff
is 9% done
God represented pictorially with wings to signify divine protection and provision. In the ancient imagination, he creates refuge, and is himself a refuge.
— Aug 27, 2023 05:08AM
Like flag
Shinae’s Previous Updates
Shinae Wyckoff
is on page 48 of 256
“The metaphors of pathway and refuge shape the experience of Israel, historically and individually… in psalm 77…God’s deliverance and guidance of Israel with a “strong arm (v 15) serves as both precedent and motivation for the individual’s petition for rescue and sustenance. [it is a] strikingly cosmic yet personal focus.…”
— Dec 19, 2023 05:41PM
Shinae Wyckoff
is on page 42 of 256
PATH:
“YHWH comes”. God comes to save & to judge, to deliver and to preserve, as well as to indwell and reign. In the world of struggle and injustice, God’s “coming” is the necessary complement to God‘s “reigning”, for it affirms that all is not yet right with the world. God’s “paths“ and “refuge”, thus signal 2 complementary poles of divine activity: God’s movement and God’s indwelling.
— Oct 14, 2023 07:00AM
“YHWH comes”. God comes to save & to judge, to deliver and to preserve, as well as to indwell and reign. In the world of struggle and injustice, God’s “coming” is the necessary complement to God‘s “reigning”, for it affirms that all is not yet right with the world. God’s “paths“ and “refuge”, thus signal 2 complementary poles of divine activity: God’s movement and God’s indwelling.
Shinae Wyckoff
is on page 42 of 256
Pathway and refuge - interrelated but not the same
“Like wisdom, or tôrâ, “path” is something taught (psalm 27:11), studied (101:2), and revealed (16:9)… “Refuge”, by contrast, is neither revealed nor taught; it is, rather, a domain of existence established by and identified with God.”
— Sep 20, 2023 06:42PM
“Like wisdom, or tôrâ, “path” is something taught (psalm 27:11), studied (101:2), and revealed (16:9)… “Refuge”, by contrast, is neither revealed nor taught; it is, rather, a domain of existence established by and identified with God.”
Shinae Wyckoff
is on page 33 of 256
The WAY of Tôrâ
“Poetically speaking, the metaphor of the pathway “maps”, both God’s tôrâ and the speaker’s response to tôrâ, imbuing them with a sense of dynamic, mutual engagement. Nothing is static about God‘s commandments and one’s adherence to them.”
— Sep 05, 2023 03:27PM
“Poetically speaking, the metaphor of the pathway “maps”, both God’s tôrâ and the speaker’s response to tôrâ, imbuing them with a sense of dynamic, mutual engagement. Nothing is static about God‘s commandments and one’s adherence to them.”
Shinae Wyckoff
is on page 26 of 256
Refuge of the cosmic king: All creation praises God as cosmic refuge; God’s abundant provision to the world, “the goodness of god’s house”(65:4). ‘“King” & “refuge” stand on common ground: both connote protection and security for Israel’s sake.’ (psalms 95:1, 95:3, 14:6, 68:5-6, 72:12-14, 147:3-9), 147:12-148:10, 99:4, 96:10, 97:2b)
— Sep 02, 2023 03:32AM
Shinae Wyckoff
is on page 23 of 256
from metaphors of God as Refuge:
“If refuge under God’s ‘wings’ is the locus of Israel’s protection (Deut 32:10-11, Isa 31:5), then Zion serves as God’s ‘nesting place’ (Ps84:1,3), and Israel is her brood (Matt 23:37).”
— Aug 28, 2023 02:21PM
“If refuge under God’s ‘wings’ is the locus of Israel’s protection (Deut 32:10-11, Isa 31:5), then Zion serves as God’s ‘nesting place’ (Ps84:1,3), and Israel is her brood (Matt 23:37).”
Shinae Wyckoff
is on page 5 of 256
“While ancient Israel‘s legal codes issue a resounding veto on the use of images in worship, Israel’s poetic texts are replete with imagery.… The literary realm of Israel’s faith abounds with images for God and the self.”
— Aug 20, 2023 03:16PM
