Covenant – Experiments in Criticism

Covenantal Symbols in Psalm 37

I read Psalm 37 for my devotions this morning. I knew it best for the promise of its fourth verse: if we delight in the Lord, He’ll give us the desires of our hearts. A closer reading of the Psalm reveals specific declarations about ethics and succession. Those two covenantal points are connected with specificContinue reading “Covenantal Symbols in Psalm 37”

Robinson Crusoe Part 1

In this post, I begin a series of notes on Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe (1719). PLOT Against his father’s wishes, Robinson goes to sea. Robinson refuses a safe plantation position to take part in a slave-ship. A storm hits the ship and Crusoe is washed onto a deserted island. He contemplates his life andContinue reading “Robinson Crusoe Part 1”

Covenantal Shakespeare

Today, I read Shakespeare’s King Lear (1606). The play is all about succession and the relationships between fathers and their children. It made me think that I should focus my interpretive efforts on what I’ll call Covenantal Shakespeare, a survey of Shakespeare’s great tragedies through the themes of the covenant. The syllabus would look thisContinue reading “Covenantal Shakespeare”