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Girolamo Savonarola, O.P: Prison Meditations on Psalms 51 and 31. Edited and translated by JOHN PATRICK DONNELLY, SJ. Reformation Texts with Translation (1350-1650): Biblical Studies 1. Milwaukee, Wisc.: Marquette University Press, 1994.142 pp. $15.00.
Awaiting execution in May 1498, the fiery Florentine preacher Girolamo Savonarola turned to the penitential psalm "Miserere mei" to remind himself and God of their mutual responsibilities. This commentary on Psalm 51...