Seeking the Favor of God: The Impact of Penitential Prayer beyond Second Temple Judaism

ISBN-10: 1589833899
ISBN-13: 9781589833890
Series: Seeking the Favor of God
Category: Religion
Pages: 306
Language: English
Published: 2008
Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit
Authors: Mark J. Boda, Daniel K. Falk, Rodney Alan Werline

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This book represents the third in a series tracing the development of a tradition of prayer that arose in the Jewish Second Temple period. Its critical essays trace the impact of the Second Temple penitential prayer traditions on the development of prayers and thought in rabbinic Judaism and Christianity during late antiquity and the early medieval periods. Contributors include Paul Bradshaw, Carsten Claussen, Lawrence Fine, Cornelia Horn, Reuven Kimelman, Ruth Langer, Laura Leiber, Robert Phenix, Stefan Reif, Richard Sarason, Bryan Spinks, and Rodney Werline.

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