African Reading of Psalm 24:3-6: The Implications for the Enforcement of Morality among Christians in Africa.

This paper deals with the African reading of Psalm 24:3-6: The implications for the enforcement of morality among Christians in Africa. The book of Psalms is subdivided into five books comparable to the Pentateuch. Psalm 24 falls into the first book which is used as a liturgy of entrance into the I...

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Auteurs principaux:	Joseph Gyanvi-Blay, Emmanuel Twumasi-Ankrah
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Langue:	EN
Publié:	Noyam Publishers 2021
Sujets:	morality shrine clean hands pure hearts ritual purity Religion (General) BL1-50
Accès en ligne:	https://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.2021331 https://doaj.org/article/fe7289d7008e4fb99bf5648488e4018c
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fe7289d7008e4fb99bf5648488e4018c2021-12-01T12:44:41ZAfrican Reading of Psalm 24:3-6: The Implications for the Enforcement of Morality among Christians in Africa.https://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.20213312676-2838https://doaj.org/article/fe7289d7008e4fb99bf5648488e4018c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MOTBIT2021331.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2676-2838This paper deals with the African reading of Psalm 24:3-6: The implications for the enforcement of morality among Christians in Africa. The book of Psalms is subdivided into five books comparable to the Pentateuch. Psalm 24 falls into the first book which is used as a liturgy of entrance into the Israelite temple. In Psalm 24:3-6 a worshipper asks for entry requirements to be met which are clean hands and pure hearts, not lifting up the soul to what is false, and not swearing deceitfully. The methodology used is the African perspective of readers’ response. Pastors and Christian leaders must lead the people with integrity befitting the sacredness of the hill of the Lord. Christians are the temple of God and are expected to observe ritual purity everywhere every time in order to receive blessings from God, (Onyame). Joseph Gyanvi-Blay Emmanuel Twumasi-AnkrahNoyam Publishersarticlemoralityshrineclean handspure heartsritual purityReligion (General)BL1-50ENJournal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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description	This paper deals with the African reading of Psalm 24:3-6: The implications for the enforcement of morality among Christians in Africa. The book of Psalms is subdivided into five books comparable to the Pentateuch. Psalm 24 falls into the first book which is used as a liturgy of entrance into the Israelite temple. In Psalm 24:3-6 a worshipper asks for entry requirements to be met which are clean hands and pure hearts, not lifting up the soul to what is false, and not swearing deceitfully. The methodology used is the African perspective of readers’ response. Pastors and Christian leaders must lead the people with integrity befitting the sacredness of the hill of the Lord. Christians are the temple of God and are expected to observe ritual purity everywhere every time in order to receive blessings from God, (Onyame).
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title	African Reading of Psalm 24:3-6: The Implications for the Enforcement of Morality among Christians in Africa.
title_short	African Reading of Psalm 24:3-6: The Implications for the Enforcement of Morality among Christians in Africa.
title_full	African Reading of Psalm 24:3-6: The Implications for the Enforcement of Morality among Christians in Africa.
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title_full_unstemmed	African Reading of Psalm 24:3-6: The Implications for the Enforcement of Morality among Christians in Africa.
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publisher	Noyam Publishers
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url	https://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.2021331 https://doaj.org/article/fe7289d7008e4fb99bf5648488e4018c
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African Reading of Psalm 24:3-6: The Implications for the Enforcement of Morality among Christians in Africa.

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