The debate in many Reformed circles over worship music is only a small part of the larger question of Reformed liturgics. And dancing. All sides ad...
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Sep 05, 2011
Robert
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This is an beautiful book, though not really a complete one. However, this is appropriate to the status quo in Reformed Liturgics. We have been very lax in this area for a long time, and so others (with whom we disagree sharply in theology) have lead the way. Peter J. Leithart is breaking new ground for Presbyterians, but he thoughts are not fully formed, probably because the community of our faithful who ponder these issues is so small.
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Aug 04, 2011
Jacob
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The blurb on the back is a little misleading. It gives the idea that Leithart is mainly using Old Testament liturgics to bash the RPW. Unfortunately, this isn't the case.
Leithart makes the extremely dense argument that rather than seeing Old Testament worship as one single unchanging entity (e.g., law and sacrifice), we should rather see it typologically as pointing forward to the day of Eschatological Song.
He makes the argument that David was a faithful innovator on Mosaic worship. David expa More...
Leithart makes the extremely dense argument that rather than seeing Old Testament worship as one single unchanging entity (e.g., law and sacrifice), we should rather see it typologically as pointing forward to the day of Eschatological Song.
He makes the argument that David was a faithful innovator on Mosaic worship. David expa More...
Dec 29, 2010
Kameron
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An intriguing look at the liturgical developments of the Davidic period. Plenty of great typological insights on the ark/tabernacle and "booth of David" (Amos). Also includes an interesting discussion throughout the book on the inclusion of the Gentiles in tabernacle worship. A must read for understanding the liturgical world of the ark/tabernacle period.
Jan 03, 2012
Rick
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From Silence to Song is an excellent book. Leithart examines the Davidic Tabernacle as distinct from the earlier Mosaic Tabernacle and the later Temple of Solomon. David introduced various innovations into the worship of the tabernacle, including instruments and music, and he created a number of new offices for the Levites in the tabernacle service. However, all of these innovations can be seen as typological applications of previous commandments concerning the tabernacle worship. In the final c
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Aug 13, 2010
Peter
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One of Leithart's more difficult books, but well worth the read if you can work through the arguments. His closing chapter lays out some of the practical application of the study. This chapter is excellent.
Mar 05, 2010
Matt
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Good book, Peter Leithart is wonderful as always. I would have given it 5 stars, but somehow I just felt like it left me hanging a little. Maybe something stronger in the way of application, I'm not really sure. But I did enjoy this book.
Apr 09, 2010
Jason
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I appreciated this book simply because it provokes a great deal of serious reflection on what constitutes biblical worship.
Jun 10, 2011
Steven
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Very exciting, even if sometimes cerebral. One of Leithart's best works.
Jun 25, 2010
Cray
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Very interesting look at the tent of David, where Israel worshiped between tabernacle and Temple. This blip in redemptive history was a striking picture of eschatological New Covenant worship, pointing to the fall of the Jew/Gentile wall and the transformation of the animal sacrifice system into the living service of the new humanity. There's also a brief argument against a strict regulative principle, which I thought was good.
Sep 06, 2011
Joel
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Excellent application to liturgics, music and a theology of song. Leithart shows that the Regulative Principle used by David was one of analogy, not a wooden hermeneutic.
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