Discovering the Traditions of Prose Prayers in Early Jewish Literature

Name: Discovering the Traditions of Prose Prayers in Early Jewish Literature
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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In this volume Michael D. Matlock analyses five lengthy biblical prose prayers from the exilic and post-exilic period: Solomon's prayer (1 Kings 8.14-61), Ezra's prayer (Ezra 9.5-15), Nehemiah's prayer (Nehemiah 1.4-11), the Levites' prayer (Nehemiah 9.4-37), and the prayer of Daniel (Daniel 9:3-19). He also examines prayers from Second Temple literature including texts from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, the writings of Philo and Josephus and texts from Qumran, and discusses the Septuagintal versions of the five biblical prayers and Targum Jonathan's treatment of Solomon's prayer. He offers a new English translation of each prayer, examines the prayers' rhetorical characteristics, and demonstrates how each prayer draws upon and reinterprets traditional images and materials. Matlock describes how each prayer relates to its larger narrative context and examines its functions within that context. Finally, he appraises the various similarities and differences in these prayers in terms of their different contexts in the Second Commonwealth period noting particular theologies and ideologies.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 256
Release Date:: 2012-03-29
Publication Date:: 2012-03-29
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0567383849
ISBN13:: 9780567383846
Weight:: 552 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 18 cm

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