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.
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Bible.--Old Testament--Prayers--History and criticism. Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.