Biblical Prose Prayer

Biblical Prose Prayer
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 77
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ISBN-10 : 9781556351112
ISBN-13 : 1556351119
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Biblical Prose Prayer by : Moshe Greenberg

Some degree of spiritual enlightenment must be supposed to account for the overall tolerance, even receptivity, of the people; though they refused to comply with the prophets' uncompromising demands, and occasionally persecuted one or another of them, as a rule they allowed them to preach, and even spawned devotees who reverently preserved their speeches until canonization. Unsupported by power and wealth, the classical prophets can have persisted for centuries only because they were rooted in loamy spiritual soil. The populace constituting that soil deserves to be appreciated no less than the exotic flowers that towered above it. What was the spiritual loam that prepared Israel's soil so that prophecy could thrive in it? Any answer to this question must give due consideration to the popular life of prayer. For it was in extemporized praying that the Israelites experienced a nonmagical approach to God in which form was subordinate to content; here, in immediate contact with a God who searched the conscience and the heart, they were sensitized to sincerity in self-disclosure to God; and, finally, it was in prayer that they had constantly to face the issue of adjusting their ways to God's in order to obtain his favor. Greenberg finds in this rich life of private prayer a setting for the high religious ideas--and the scathing critique of worship--which characterized the genius of the prophets of the eighth and ninth centuries BC. This masterful evaluation of biblical prose prayer, a tradition independent of experts and special places, suggests an explanation for the unprecedented democratization of worship in postbiblical Judaism.

Biblical Prose Prayer

Biblical Prose Prayer
Author :
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 76
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781725222465
ISBN-13 : 1725222469
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Biblical Prose Prayer by : Moshe Greenberg

Some degree of spiritual enlightenment must be supposed to account for the overall tolerance, even receptivity, of the people; though they refused to comply with the prophets' uncompromising demands, and occasionally persecuted one or another of them, as a rule they allowed them to preach, and even spawned devotees who reverently preserved their speeches until canonization. Unsupported by power and wealth, the classical prophets can have persisted for centuries only because they were rooted in loamy spiritual soil. The populace constituting that soil deserves to be appreciated no less than the exotic flowers that towered above it. What was the spiritual loam that prepared Israel's soil so that prophecy could thrive in it? Any answer to this question must give due consideration to the popular life of prayer. For it was in extemporized praying that the Israelites experienced a nonmagical approach to God in which form was subordinate to content; here, in immediate contact with a God who "searched the conscience and the heart," they were sensitized to sincerity in self-disclosure to God; and, finally, it was in prayer that they had constantly to face the issue of adjusting their ways to God's in order to obtain his favor. Greenberg finds in this rich life of private prayer a setting for the high religious ideas--and the scathing critique of worship--which characterized the "genius" of the prophets of the eighth and ninth centuries BC. This masterful evaluation of biblical prose prayer, a tradition independent of experts and special places, suggests an explanation for the unprecedented democratization of worship in postbiblical Judaism.

Praying Backwards

Praying Backwards
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Publisher : Baker Books
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 9781585582631
ISBN-13 : 1585582638
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Praying Backwards by : Bryan Chapell

Christians often say, "In Jesus' name" to close their prayers. But is this truly a desire of the heart or a perfunctory "Yours Truly" to God? Bryan Chapell says we should begin our prayers in Jesus' name-we should be Praying Backwards. In this practical and inspiring book, he shows readers that to truly pray in Jesus' name is to reorder one's priorities in prayer-and in life-away from oneself and towards Jesus and his kingdom. It is to pray believing in the power and the goodness of the One who hears, and thus to pray boldly, expectantly, and persistently. Readers seeking to transform their prayer lives will find wonderful direction in Praying Backwards.

The Kind of Brave You Wanted to Be

The Kind of Brave You Wanted to Be
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Publisher : Liturgical Press
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9780814646755
ISBN-13 : 0814646751
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Kind of Brave You Wanted to Be by : Brian Doyle

Proems, taut tales, small stories with rhythm and blues and grace and bruise and laughter between the lines. Brian Doyle’s The Kind of Brave You Wanted to Be is a book of cadenced notes on the swirl of miracle and the holy of attentiveness; a book about children and birds, love and grief and everything alive, which is to say all prayers.

Prayer in the Hebrew Bible

Prayer in the Hebrew Bible
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Publisher : Fortress Press
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 1451418078
ISBN-13 : 9781451418071
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Prayer in the Hebrew Bible by : Samuel E. Balentine

Balentine invites the reader to consider several aspects of prayer in the Hebrew Bible: prayer and the depiction of character, prayer and the characterization of God, prayers for divine justice, the lament tradition, sensible praise, prayer in Old Testament theology, and the motif of the church as "a house of prayer".

When Aseneth Met Joseph

When Aseneth Met Joseph
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9780190253998
ISBN-13 : 0190253991
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis When Aseneth Met Joseph by : Ross Shepard Kraemer

This is the study of an anonymous ancient work, usually called Joseph and Aseneth, which narrates the transformation of the daughter of an Egyptian priest into an acceptable spouse for the biblical Joseph, whose marriage to Aseneth is given brief notice in Genesis. Kraemer takes issue with the scholarly consensus that the tale is a Jewish conversion story composed no later than the early second century C.E. Instead, she dates it to the third or fourth century C.E., and argues that, although no definitive answer is presently possible, it may well be a Christian account. This critique also raises larger issues about the dating and identification of many similar writings, known as pseudepigrapha. Kraemer reads its account of Aseneth's interactions with an angelic double of Joseph in the context of ancient accounts of encounters with powerful divine beings, including the sun god Helios, and of Neoplatonic ideas about the fate of souls. When Aseneth Met Joseph demonstrates the centrality of ideas about gender in the representation of Aseneth and, by extension, offers implications for broader concerns about gender in Late Antiquity.

My People's Prayer Book

My People's Prayer Book
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Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Total Pages : 213
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ISBN-10 : 9781879045811
ISBN-13 : 1879045818
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis My People's Prayer Book by : Lawrence A. Hoffman

This momentous, critically acclaimed series is truly a people's prayer book, one that provides a diverse and exciting commentary to the traditional liturgy. It will help you find new wisdom and guidance in Jewish prayer, and bring the liturgy into your life. It also has received significant attention in the Christian world. The major sections of the prayer book each are covered in separate volumes in this series. My People's Prayer Book provides in each volume: The traditional Hebrew text A modern translation (designed to let people know exactly what the prayers actually say) Commentators from all perspectives of the Jewish world, some of today's most respected Jewish scholars and teachers, who cover the prayer book's connections to the Bible, history, traditional law, kabbalistic wisdom, feminism, modern developments and much more This stunning work, an important expression of the spiritual revival of our times, enables all worshipers to claim their connection to the heritage of the traditional Jewish prayer book. It rejuvenates Jewish worship in today's world, and makes its power accessible to all.

Moses, God, and the Dynamics of Intercessory Prayer

Moses, God, and the Dynamics of Intercessory Prayer
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Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 3161484231
ISBN-13 : 9783161484230
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Moses, God, and the Dynamics of Intercessory Prayer by : Michael Widmer

Revised thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Durham, 2003.

The Lure of Transcendence and the Audacity of Prayer

The Lure of Transcendence and the Audacity of Prayer
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Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9783161611032
ISBN-13 : 3161611039
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis The Lure of Transcendence and the Audacity of Prayer by : Samuel E. Balentine

The discourse of prayer responds to the abiding lure of transcendence. From Gilgamesh to the primordial human beings in Eden to Odysseus, the quest for ultimate truths has summoned forth all manner of human effort - courageous, desperate, pious, impious, successful, failed, invited, forbidden - and like all such lures, one can never be certain whether the glimmer of transcendence is that of a bright and shining star that illuminates the shadows or only a shiny object that seduces one into an inescapable darkness (a fishing lure, for example). In this study, Samuel E. Balentine demonstrates how prayer's invocation of God transgresses the limits of human beings. The author shows how inviting, let alone commanding God to speak may be the "acme of bardic pretention," but in the ancient world such transgression characterizes the audacity of prayer.