Prayers of the cosmos : meditations on the Aramaic words of Jesus, translated and with commentary

by Neil Douglas-Klotz

Hardcover, 1990

Status

Available

Call number

BR 226.9 DOU 1990

Collection

Publication

San Francisco : Harper & Row, c1990.

Description

Reinterpreting the Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes from the vantage of Middle Eastern mysticism, Douglas-Klotz offers a radical new translation of the words of Jesus Christ that reveals a mystical, feminist, cosmic Christ.

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Douglas-Klotz examines the words of Jesus in their original language of Aramaic, drawing out the many beautiful layers and facets of meaning in each line of the Lord's Prayer, Beatitudes, and other well-loved verses. Additional "body prayers" suggest ways to immerse oneself further into this deep
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wisdom.

After decades of Bible study, the well-worn words of the Greek-to-English scripture translations had become like a locked door to me. This book drew that door back like a curtain... and what was behind it was so much bigger and truer than anything I'd encountered before that my heart was set aflame.
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Language

Original publication date

1990

Physical description

xi, 91 p.; 22 cm

ISBN

0060619945 / 9780060619947

Local notes

Number of copies: 1
Copy 1 has a printing date of 1990 (1st printing).

Barcode

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