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OverviewDuring the past few decades a great amount of scholarly work has been done on the various prayer cultures of antiquity, both Graeco-Roman and Jewish and Christian. In Jewish studies this burgeoning research on ancient prayer has been stimulated particularly by the many new prayer texts found at Qumran, which have shed new light on several long-standing problems. The present volume intends to make a new contribution to the ongoing scholarly debate on ancient Jewish prayer texts by focusing on a limited set of prayer texts, scil. , a small number of those that have been preserved only in Greek. Jewish prayers in Greek tend to be undervalued, which is regrettable because these prayers shed light on sometimes striking aspects of early Jewish spirituality in the centuries around the turn of the era. In this volume twelve such prayers have been collected, translated, and provided with an extensive historical and philological commentary. They have been preserved on papyrus, on stone, and as part of Christian church orders into which some of them have been incorporated in a christianized from. For that reason these prayers are of great interest to scholars of both early Judaism and ancient Christianity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pieter W. van der Horst , Judith. H. NewmanPublisher: De Gruyter Imprint: De Gruyter Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.591kg ISBN: 9783110205039ISBN 10: 3110205033 Pages: 314 Publication Date: 20 October 2008 Recommended Age: College Graduate Student Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a most welcome addition to a series which has already proved its worth, and augurs well for its future. C. T. R. Hayward in: Book List - Society for Old Testament Study 2009 Author InformationPieter W. van der Horst, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Judith H. Newman, University of Toronto, Canada. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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