Commentary on the Psalms: Compiled from the Theological Works of Emanuel Swedenborg (Classic Reprint)

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LULU Press, 27 apr 2018 - 534 pagina's
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The entire part of Swedenborg's treatise Summary Ex position oi Prophets and Psalms which' relates to the Psalms is embodied in this commentary and appears under the indicative letters P. P. At the verses to which it belongs. This work throws new light upon many portions of the Book of Psalms. In the Doctrine concerning the Lord, N o. 37, Swedenborg writes about it: It may be well to mention that it has been granted to me to go through all the Prophets and the Psalms of David, and to examine each verse singly and to see what is there treated of. It has been seen that nothing else is treated of but the church established and to be established by the Lord, the Lord's advent, His combats, glorification, redemption and salvation, and heaven from Him; and at the same time their opposites.

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The son of a Swedish Lutheran pastor, professor, and court chaplain, Emanuel Swedenborg first became a scientist and mining engineer. Of brilliant intellect and wide-ranging interests, he explored many areas of nature, doing pioneering work in several fields. In 1743 he began to experience a series of visions of the spiritual world. Over subsequent years he maintained that he held conversations with angels, the departed, and even God, and that he had visited heaven and hell. Swedenborg penned a lengthy series of writings inspired by these encounters, based on the concept of a spiritual cosmos as model for the physical, an educative view of the afterlife, and the allegorical interpretation of Scripture. In 1774 the small Church of the New Jerusalem was founded explicitly on the basis of his revelations. Swedenborg's influence has been much wider than its membership. His teachings entered American culture generally through the popularity of several of his books and his impact on Spiritualism and the New England Transcendentalists.

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