Biblical prose prayer : as a window to the popular religion of ancient Israel /
Greenberg, Moshe,
Biblical prose prayer : as a window to the popular religion of ancient Israel / [print] Moshe Greenberg. - Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1983. - viii, 66 pages ; 21 cm. - The Taubman lectures in Jewish studies. Sixth series . - Taubman lectures in Jewish studies Sixth series. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The uniqueness of prose prayer as a humanly instituted mode of communication between man and God ; the relation of form and content in petitionary prayers -- The social analogy; confessing guilt and confessionary prayer; thanksgiving -- Spontaneity vs. prescription in prayer; the validity of the evidence; lines of further inquiry; implications for the "higher" religion of the Hebrew Scriptures.
9780520050112 9780520050129
83047662
GB88-18370
Bible.--Old Testament--Prayers--History and criticism.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Prayer--Biblical teaching.
BS1199 BS1199.G798.B535 1983
Biblical prose prayer : as a window to the popular religion of ancient Israel / [print] Moshe Greenberg. - Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1983. - viii, 66 pages ; 21 cm. - The Taubman lectures in Jewish studies. Sixth series . - Taubman lectures in Jewish studies Sixth series. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The uniqueness of prose prayer as a humanly instituted mode of communication between man and God ; the relation of form and content in petitionary prayers -- The social analogy; confessing guilt and confessionary prayer; thanksgiving -- Spontaneity vs. prescription in prayer; the validity of the evidence; lines of further inquiry; implications for the "higher" religion of the Hebrew Scriptures.
9780520050112 9780520050129
83047662
GB88-18370
Bible.--Old Testament--Prayers--History and criticism.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Prayer--Biblical teaching.
BS1199 BS1199.G798.B535 1983