Prayers and the construction of Israelite identity
This collection of essays from an international group of scholars explores how the elaboration of biblical prayers of the Persian and early Hellenistic periods shaped identity, evoked a sense of belonging to specific groups, and added emotional significance to this affiliation. Contributors draw exa...
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Atlanta
SBL Press
[2019]
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| Schriftenreihe: | Ancient Israel and its literature
Number 35 |
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- Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher Maria Häusl Rhetorically and ideologically shaping the narrative through direct and indirect prayer speech in Chronicles Michael D. Matlock Prayers in the book of Jonah : reflections on different "Israelite" identities? Dirk J. Human So I prayed to the God of heaven (Neh 2:4) : praying and prayers in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah Maria Häusl Identity and social justice in postexilic Yehud : reading Nehemiah 9 in an African liberationist perspective Ndikho Mtshiselwa Testing tales : Genesis 22 and Daniel 3 and 6 Christo Lombaard Glory and remorse : transitions in Solomon's prayer (1 Kgs 8) Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher Hannah's prayer(s) in 1 Samuel 1-2 and in Pseudo-Philo's Liber antiquitatum biblicarum Hannes Bezzel Psalm 37 and the devotionalization of instruction in the postexilic period Scott C. Jones To sanction and to subvert : the reuses of Psalm 132 in the Hebrew Bible Melody D. Knowles Aspects of dynamic remembering and constructing in Psalm 145 : a contribution to the study of prayer in Persian and Hellenistic times Nancy Rahn