The Social Audience of Prayer : A Rhetorical and Canonical Study of Individual Lament Psalms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suderman, W. Derek.

Series:

Siphrut Series:Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Lament psalms are often imagined as private cries to God.Yet many laments are also directed outward--toward friends, foes, and entire communities.The Social Audience of Prayer reveals how the psalmist's words reach beyond the divine to demand recognition, solidarity, and change from a human audience as well.W.

Contents:

COVER Front

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: "How Many Are My Foes": The Beginning of Lament in the Psalms

Chapter 2: "Save Me, O God": From Divineto Social Address

Chapter 3: "How Long Will You Attack?" From Socialto Divine Address

Chapter 4: "May His Days Be Few": Hearing the Rhetoric of Jussives at Work

Chapter 5: "Against You, You Alone, Have I Sinned":The Function of Contextual Superscriptions in the Psalms

Chapter 6: "My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?" The Function of Lament in Broader Canonical Contexts

Chapter 7: The End of Lament: Exploring the Rhetorical and Canonical Function of a Biblical Genre

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-64602-359-5

9781646023592

OCLC:

1583181283