Prayers and the Construction of Israelite Identity / edited by Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher, Maria Hausl. [print]
Material type: TextSeries: Ancient Israel and its literaturePublication details: Atlanta, Georgia : Society of Biblical Literature, [(c)2019.Description: xi, 245 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0884143678
- 9781628372434
- BS1199.P68.P921.P739
- BS1199.P739
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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. Link to source of summary
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Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher is Professor of Biblical/ Old Testament Studies at the University of Linz, Austria. She is coeditor of the journal Bible in the Arts. Maria Häusl is Professor for Biblical Studies at the Technical University of Dresden and Research Associate at the Department of Old Testament Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
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