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The lure of transcendence and the audacity of prayer : selected essays / Samuel E. Balentine.
Van Pelt Library BV210.3 .B354 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balentine, Samuel E. (Samuel Eugene), 1950-2024, author.
- Series:
- Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 157.
- Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 0940-4155 ; 157
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prayer--Biblical teaching.
- Prayer.
- Worship in the Bible.
- God--Worship and love--Biblical teaching.
- God.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Prayer--Christianity.
- Intercessory prayer--Christianity.
- Intercessory prayer.
- Mediation between God and man.
- Spiritual life--Christianity.
- Spiritual life.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Intercessory prayer--Biblical teaching.
- Mediation between God and man--Biblical teaching.
- Spiritual life--Biblical teaching.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 286 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2022]
- Contents:
- The God of Prayer: "I Am Not a Human Being"
- Isaiah 45: God's "I Am," Israel's "You Are"
- "I Am a god and Not a Human Being": The Divine Dilemma in Hosea
- Written on the Heart, Erased from the Mind: Rewriting Moral Agency in Jeremiah
- Enthroned on the Praises, Penitence, and Laments of Israel
- Enthroned on the Praises and Laments of Israel
- Jeremiah, Prophet of Prayer
- The Prophet as Intercessor: A Reassessment
- "My Servant Job Shall Pray for You"
- "I Was Ready To Be Sought Out By Those Who Did Not Ask"
- Prayer as a Vehicle for Theodicy
- Prayer in the Wilderness Traditions: In Pursuit of Divine Justice
- Prayers for Justice in the Old Testament: Theodicy and Theology
- "You Can't Pray a Lie:" Truth and Fiction in the Prayers of Chronicles
- Preaching and Praying the Prayers of the Hebrew Bible
- Preaching the Prayers of the Old Testament
- "Turn, O Lord! How Long?"
- Praying East of Eden
- Retrospectives and Prospectives
- Prayer in the Hebrew Bible: Retrospective and Prospective.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266) and index.
- Other Format:
- E-book version
- ISBN:
- 9783161611032
- 3161611039
- OCLC:
- 1334366149
- Publisher Number:
- 9783161611032
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