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Living the Text : A Phenomenological and Metacognitive Analysis of Nehemiah 9 as the Embodiment of Scripture in the Processing of Stored Trauma
Overview
What if Scripture does not only describe renewal, but draws you into it and changes how you live?
Living the Text examines Nehemiah 9:5-37 as a Day of Atonement sermon that becomes a living act of communal truth-telling. The passage draws long-carried sorrow, inherited disorientation, and unaddressed spiritual burdens into the light, and guides a suffering community toward repentance, renewal, and restoration. Drawing on the chapter's rich network of quotations, echoes, and reinterpretations, this study shows how Scripture functions as both word and practice: it informs, and it forms. Blending theological insight with psychological depth, Living the Text traces how reading and embodying the text shapes identity, repairs community, and reorients life toward God in the present. Ideal for readers interested in:- Biblical studies, theology, and liturgy
- Communal memory, suffering, and spiritual formation
- Trauma-aware interpretation and the healing of communities
- The formative power of sacred texts
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- ISBN-13: 9798243974462
- ISBN-10: 9798243974462
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: March 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.84 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.11 pounds
- Page Count: 376
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