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Session Description
In this workshop W. David O. Taylor and participants explored how the ostensibly obscene language of the curse psalms occupies the same basic territory as profane language. They discussed how the psalmist uses hyperbolic profane language in order to give faithful expression to profane experiences—experiences that violate human dignity and that desecrate God’s good purposes for the world.
Conference Title
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-31-2020
Event Type
Lecture/Plenary
Type (recording/text)
Recording
Subject Area
Bible
Topic
Scripture
Keywords:
biblical language, Psalms
Upload Date
31-1-2020 12:00 AM
Recommended Citation
Taylor, W. David O., "Cursing, Swearing, and Cussing: The Imprecatory Psalms as Holy Profane Speech" (2020). Symposium on Worship Archive. 96.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2020/allitems/96
Cursing, Swearing, and Cussing: The Imprecatory Psalms as Holy Profane Speech
In this workshop W. David O. Taylor and participants explored how the ostensibly obscene language of the curse psalms occupies the same basic territory as profane language. They discussed how the psalmist uses hyperbolic profane language in order to give faithful expression to profane experiences—experiences that violate human dignity and that desecrate God’s good purposes for the world.