Purists, beware. Stephen Mitchell’s “A Book of Psalms” is not so much a translation of the sacred poem-prayers as it is a believer’s reinterpretation. “My primary allegiance in these psalms,” Mitchell ...
The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life” is on display through Jan. 4, 2026, at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.
Perhaps the psalms aren’t great poetry, and they do, undeniably, smack of violence, war, hatred of one’s enemies in the name ...
King David playing the lyre in a scene from a 15th-century manuscript of the Book of Psalms. Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images The earliest musical ...
Max Mazin, president of the Madrid Jewish Community, preached a sermon here last night from the lectern in a Catholic church, after a Jewish cantor and a priest had alternated in intoning verses from ...
Singing Hebrew psalms with a Jamaican lilt over bass-heavy “riddims,” Matisyahu (right) may have hit upon the year’s most unlikely formula for pop success: Hasidic Judaism and reggae. Now the ...
For in the midst of all the injustices that confront us every time we check news headlines, remembering is as crucial as forgiving. Douglass told the audience at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York ...