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    Every Valley: Advent with the Scriptures of Handel's Messiah
    Every Valley: Advent with the Scriptures of Handel's Messiah
    Every Valley: Advent with the Scriptures of Handel's Messiah
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    Every Valley: Advent with the Scriptures of Handel's Messiah

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    Handel's Messiah is one of the most beloved musical works of the western world, playing an especially sentimental role in many people's Christmas traditions. The libretto of the work, taken directly from the King James text of fourteen books of the Bible, has turned many otherwise forgettable phrases into memorable, singable, cherished lines of Scripture.

    This gift-worthy book will delight and inspire classical music fans and those for whom Messiah is a beloved Christmas tradition with essays exploring the theological, historical, and pastoral implications of the Scriptures that make up Handel's Messiah.

    Forty reflections journey in order through the oratorio, taking the reader deeper into less-often studied texts like Malachi 3:3 and bringing new light to oft-recited passages like Luke 2:9-14. Each reflection offers the libretto from Messiah, the same passage in NRSV, and a brief commentary on the text, written by a respected scholar or pastor. Readers can peruse the book at leisure or examine one reflection per day throughout the Advent and Christmas seasons.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestminster John Knox Press
    Release dateSep 16, 2014
    ISBN9781611645224
    Every Valley: Advent with the Scriptures of Handel's Messiah
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    Albert L. Blackwell

    Albert L. Blackwell is the Reuben B. Pitts Professor Emeritus of Religion at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. He is the founder of The Piedmont Resource Center, and received Furman's Meritorious Teaching Award in 1977. He also serves as director of the choir at St. James Episcopal Church in Greenville.

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