Deuteronomy 5:1-6; 6:4-9, NRSV
Mark 12:28-31, NRSV
Reflections
What I have called repetition in the Bible might most accurately be called rhythm: a carefully shaped set of recurrent stories and words that when studied closely erupts with meaning. The repetition I have in the past considered to be merely mechanical, merely tragic, or merely incantatory I now consider to be transformative: A work of art. A song. An ordered repetition that provides the underlying beat on which we may play out the varied notes of our own unique, improvised, musical conversation with God.
— Judith M. Kunst
- For 40 years in the desert, Israelites wait for God to speak
- The song refresh Israelites’ souls
- Whatever we understand about God is not God
- God speaks to Israelites during their darkest time
