Psalms and prayers : papers read at the Joint Meeting of the Society of Old Testament Study and Het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België, Apeldoorn August 2006 / edited by Bob Becking and Eric Peels.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Becking, Bob.

Peels, H. G. L. (Hendrik George Laurens), 1956-

Conference Name:

Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België (13th : 2006 : Apeldoorn, Netherlands)

Series:

Oudtestamentische studiën ; d. 55.

Oudtestamentische studiën, 0169-7226 = Old Testament studies ; v. 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. Psalms--Language, style--Congresses.

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, Redaction--Congresses.

Bible. Psalms.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

vi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Contents:

Introduction / Eric Peels

Psalms and prayers in the Book of Chronicles / Pancratius C. Beentjes

"Our father ...": an inherited title and its presence (or absence) in the Psalms? / Adrian H.W. Curtis

The ark and the cherubim in the Psalms / John Day

The Hodayot's use of the Psalter: text-critical contributions (Book I) / John Elwolde

Psalm 103: design, boundaries, and mergers / Jan Fokkelman

Are idols hiding in Psalm 139:20? / Jan Holman

Inside out Psalm 55: how Jonah grew out of a Psalmist's conceit / Alastair G. Hunter

The demarcation of hymns and prayers in the Prophets (2) / Marjo C.A. Korpel

Psalm 69: the petitioner's understanding of himself, his God, and his enemies / Christiane de Vos and Gert Kwakkel

Argumenta ad deum in the plague prayers of Mursili II and in the Book of Psalms / Paul Sanders

The discourse of praying: reading Nehemiah I / Eep Talstra

Sing to the Lord a new song / Roger Tomes

The prayer of Isaiah and the sundial of Ahaz (2 Kgs 20:11) / Jaap van Dorp

King and community: joining with David in prayer / Howard N. Wallace

Prayer and practice in the Psalms / Gordon Wenham.

Notes:

"The papers collected in this volume were all read at the Joint Meeting of The Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS) and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgie (OTW), in Apeldoorn, 21-24 August 2006. The Dutch and British Old Testament Societies foster a long tradition of Joint Meetings, of which this was the 13th since the start in 1970, now hosted by the Theological University of Apeldoorn." Netherlands.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004160323

9004160329

OCLC:

173298998