| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-04-01 | | Series: | New Directions Classic | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 146 pages | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 9.6 oz |
Publisher's Note One of Father Thomas Merton's best books, movingly expounding on one of the most beautiful parts of the Bible, the Psalms, presented here as a facsimile reissue of the 1953 classic illustrated book, designed by Alvin Lustig.
Perhaps the most significant and influential collection of religious poems ever written, the Psalms sum up the theology of the Old testament and serve as daily nourishment for those whose vocation is the life of prayer. In the course of each week a monk chants through the entire Psalter, and it become the material for his mediations and for his own personal prayer. "Bread in the Wilderness" is Thomas Merton's study of the Palms, a collection of personal notes, offering inspiration not only to readers who view the Psalms as spiritual bread, but to those who regard them solely as literature.
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