Fr. Salvador Fernandes Capuchin Conferred Doctorate

“Surely God will reward each person according to what he has done” (Ps 62,12). The hard work and dedication of Fr. Salvador Fernandes bore fruit as he was conferred doctorate in Sacred Scripture on the 10 of October 2012 from the prestigious Rheinisch Friedrich- Wilhelms-Universität BONN, Germany. He did his research in the Book of Psalms entitled “God as Rock in the Psalter” under the guidance of the renowned scholars Prof. Dr. U. Berges and Prof. Dr. F. –L. Hossfeld. The doctoral ceremony was witnessed by a number of Capuchin Friars, friends and well-wishers. The day began with the Eucharist celebrated at St. Remegius in Bonn, followed by the Doctoral ceremony in the Festsaal of the University and a reception thereafter.

The role and place of metaphor in biblical language keeps attracting scholarly interest. Of all the books of the Bible, the Psalms provide the richest cache of metaphors for God. In fact, the Psalter is a cornucopia of metaphor. Understanding the Psalms implies understanding the metaphors they use in bringing to expression the reflections on God, the world, the enemies, the self. It is true that we are accustomed to a conceptual, abstract way of thinking and speaking about God. But the biblical authors bring us back to the concrete world of everyday things, and tell us that we can talk about God perfectly well without having to indulge in conceptual or abstract ways of thinking and speaking. The present study of “God as Rock in the Psalter” brings the study of metaphorical language back to the heart of Psalm scholarship. The author carries out his research by analyzing a few selected Psalms (Pss 18; 19; 28; 31; 42;62; 71; 73; 78; 89; 92; 94; 95; 144).

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