It is not enough for the prophet to declare God’s consolation—it is framed in visions of loud singing and dancing. It is not enough for the prophet to declare God’s consolation—it is framed in visions ...

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We should read it not as an assortment of poems and songs but as a single rhapsody on God’s covenant promises. Late in the fourth century, a man named Palladius of Galatia left his home (somewhere in ...