"With Length of Days I Will Gratify Him": Augustine, the Psalms, and Old Age
The Bible has a variety of perspectives on old age. On the one hand, as exemplified in Ps 91(90):16 and 92(91):15, old age is a sign of God's blessing and the elderly are held in high regard as valuable, while on the other, as exemplified in Ps 39(38):5; 71(70):9; and 90(89):10, life is seen as...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Scrinium
Year: 2019, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 44-61 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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Psalms
B Enarrationes in Psalmos B Ageing B Augustine of Hippo |
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