Comments on: KD Old Testament Lesson 25: Psalms

By: Approaches to Psalms | Wheat and Tares

Approaches to Psalms | Wheat and Tares — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:35:10 +0000

[...] other literary techniques. An example of a lesson prepared in this manner was recently posted on Feast Upon the Word blog. Other good basic lessons using this approach can be found here and here (comes with a [...]

By: Karl D.

Karl D. — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:50:59 +0000

Thanks Peter … I feel the same way about this lesson. Covering Psalms in one lesson is daunting. You just kind of have to pick one thing to focus on I think.

By: Peter R.

Peter R. — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:23:19 +0000

Thanks for putting this up. My ward must be behind schedule because we’re just getting to this lesson, and I got tapped to sub in for the youth Sunday School class tomorrow. I feel like this is an especially challenging lesson, more deserving of a semester-long class than a 45-minute lesson, but it’s worth letting the kids dip their feet in so they can explore it more fully later on.

By: Karl D.

Karl D. — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:32:29 +0000

Thanks, I am glad they were useful for you.

By: Karl D.

Karl D. — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:31:58 +0000

The notes probably can use some more fleshing out in a few places … hopefully next time around I will have time to do that

By: Jadon

Jadon — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:09:08 +0000

Thank you for posting this material. Very clear and helped me see the structure of what I was reading. Good, clear examples of parallelism.

By: Eric Ladd

Eric Ladd — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:54:57 +0000

There are some very good things here that I would have very much have liked to use in my lesson. But the problem is that you assume that because I am a teacher I understand what you are talking about. You should NEVER ask a question without giving us the answer. If I have to spend hours scouring sources to find out what “Parallelism”, or “Triadic structure” is, let alone what they tell us about the authors, or what clues they give us on how the Book of Psalms came to be. It is easier to simply use material that is easier to understand. I spend hours trying to put together a decent lesson. But source materials and outlines need to be easy to understand or I simply do not have the time to use them.

Sincerely yours,

Eric R. Ladd