Prayers and the construction of Israelite identity /
Prayers and the construction of Israelite identity /
edited by Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher and Maria Häusl.
- Atlanta : SBL Press, [2019]
- xi, 245 p. ; 24 cm.
- Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 35. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Shaping biblical books through prayer --
Introduction / Rhetorically and ideologically shaping the narrative through direct and indirect prayer speech in Chronicles /
Prayers in the book of Jonah : reflections on different "Israelite" identities? / -
So I prayed to the God of heaven (Neh 2:4) : praying and prayers in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah /
Identity and social justice in postexilic Yehud : reading Nehemiah 9 in an African liberationist perspective /
(Re)modeling biblical figures through prayers. --Testing tales : Genesis 22 and Daniel 3 and 6 /
Glory and remorse : transitions in Solomon's prayer (1 Kgs 8) /
Hannah's prayer(s) in 1 Samuel 1-2 and in Pseudo-Philo's Liber antiquitatum biblicarum /
(Re-)constructing identity in the prayers of the Psalter. --
Psalm 37 and the devotionalization of instruction in the postexilic period /
To sanction and to subvert : the reuses of Psalm 132 in the Hebrew Bible /
Aspects of dynamic remembering and constructing in Psalm 145 : a contribution to the study of prayer in Persian and Hellenistic times / Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher, Maria Häusl -- Michael D. Matlock -- Dirk J. Human - Maria Häusl -- Ndikho Mtshiselwa -- Christo Lombaard -- Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher -- Hannes Bezzel -- Scott C. Jones -- Melody D. Knowles -- Nancy Rahn.
This collection of essays from an international group of scholars focuses on how biblical prayers of the Persian and early Hellenistic periods shaped identity, evoked a sense of belonging to specific groups, and added emotional significance to this affiliation. Contributors draw examples from different biblical texts, including Genesis, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, Psalms, Jonah, and Daniel.
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Bible--Prayers--History and criticism.
Biblija--Molitva--Povijest i kritička analiza.
Bible--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biblija--Stari zavjet--Kritička analiza, interpretacija.
Jews--Identity.
Židovstvo--Identitet.
Identification (Religion)
Identifikacija --Religija.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Shaping biblical books through prayer --
Introduction / Rhetorically and ideologically shaping the narrative through direct and indirect prayer speech in Chronicles /
Prayers in the book of Jonah : reflections on different "Israelite" identities? / -
So I prayed to the God of heaven (Neh 2:4) : praying and prayers in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah /
Identity and social justice in postexilic Yehud : reading Nehemiah 9 in an African liberationist perspective /
(Re)modeling biblical figures through prayers. --Testing tales : Genesis 22 and Daniel 3 and 6 /
Glory and remorse : transitions in Solomon's prayer (1 Kgs 8) /
Hannah's prayer(s) in 1 Samuel 1-2 and in Pseudo-Philo's Liber antiquitatum biblicarum /
(Re-)constructing identity in the prayers of the Psalter. --
Psalm 37 and the devotionalization of instruction in the postexilic period /
To sanction and to subvert : the reuses of Psalm 132 in the Hebrew Bible /
Aspects of dynamic remembering and constructing in Psalm 145 : a contribution to the study of prayer in Persian and Hellenistic times / Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher, Maria Häusl -- Michael D. Matlock -- Dirk J. Human - Maria Häusl -- Ndikho Mtshiselwa -- Christo Lombaard -- Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher -- Hannes Bezzel -- Scott C. Jones -- Melody D. Knowles -- Nancy Rahn.
This collection of essays from an international group of scholars focuses on how biblical prayers of the Persian and early Hellenistic periods shaped identity, evoked a sense of belonging to specific groups, and added emotional significance to this affiliation. Contributors draw examples from different biblical texts, including Genesis, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, Psalms, Jonah, and Daniel.
9780884143666 9781628372434
2019000482
Bible--Prayers--History and criticism.
Biblija--Molitva--Povijest i kritička analiza.
Bible--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biblija--Stari zavjet--Kritička analiza, interpretacija.
Jews--Identity.
Židovstvo--Identitet.
Identification (Religion)
Identifikacija --Religija.
BS1199.P68 / P73 2019
221.6