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Praying by the book : the scripturalization of prayer in Second Temple Judaism / by Judith H. Newman.
Van Pelt Library BS1199.P68 N48 1999
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS1199.P68 N48 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newman, Judith H. (Judith Hood), 1961-
- Series:
- Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 14.
- Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Prayers--History and criticism.
- Bible.
- Bible. Apocrypha.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Worship in the Bible.
- Bible. Nehemiah IX--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible. Apocrypha. Judith IX--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Third Book of Maccabees II--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Third Book of Maccabees II.
- Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
- Judaism.
- History.
- Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).
- Prayers.
- Physical Description:
- x, 283 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : Scholars Press, [1999]
- Contents:
- Defining Prayer 5
- The Corpus of Prayers 7
- Determining "Scripturalization" 11
- Chapter 1 A Quest for Origins: Pre-exilic Prayers and the Beginnings of Scripturalization 19
- The Earliest Prayers 21
- The Evolution of Pre-Exilic Prayers 28
- Exilic Prayers 38
- Chapter 2 Scripturalization in the Telling of History: Nehemiah 9 55
- Nehemiah 9:5-37 56
- Scripturalization in Nehemiah 9 63
- Creation 65
- Abraham and the Divine Promise 70
- Exodus 76
- Sinai 82
- Wilderness Wanderings 86
- Conquest/Bequest of Land and Settlement 92
- Israel in the Land 95
- Life in the Land after Exile 100
- The Use of Scripture in Nehemiah 9 102
- Related Prayers Containing Historical Reviews 108
- Chapter 3 The Past as Blueprint for Present: Salvation by Typology in Judith 9 117
- Judith 9 and Genesis 34 123
- Judith 9 and Isaiah 138
- Judith 9 and the Prayer of Hezekiah 139
- Judith 9 and Thematic Connections to Isaiah 145
- Judith 9 and Exodus 15 146
- Salvation by Typology 148
- Typology in Contemporaneous Prayers 150
- Chapter 4 Biblical Exempla: The Arrogance of Power in 3 Maccabees 2 155
- 3 Maccabees 2:2-20 157
- The Use of Examples 159
- The Use of Scripture in Exempla 171
- Giants Connected with Punishment by Flood 172
- Sodomites Notorious for their Vices 180
- Pharaoh as Arrogant and Audacious 186
- Zion/Temple Chosen at Time of Creation 187
- Other Significant Citations and Allusions in 3 Macc 2 193
- Prayer and the Temple in 1 Kings 8 193
- LXX Psalm 78:8 196
- Chapter 5 From Prayers to Liturgy 201
- Scripturalization in Prayers 201
- The Changing Role of Prayer 205
- Implications of Scripturalization for the Study of Jewish and Christian Liturgy 210
- Continuities with Jewish Liturgy 210
- Continuities in Christian Liturgies 214
- Appendix A Selective History of Scholarship on Prayer and Liturgy 221
- Jewish Liturgy 231.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0788505645
- OCLC:
- 41156531
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