Biblical Prose Prayer: As a Window to the Popular Religion of Ancient Israel (The Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies. Sixth Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (702 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520050118 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 66 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This book offers a new concept of biblical prayer" according to Israel Drazin. Does it make any sense to pray? To who are prayers addressed? Are they answered? Do the prayers in the Hebrew Bible differ markedly from those said today?Probably every person today has his and her individual approach to prayer. The English word "prayer" is derived from the Greek and denotes a petition and entreaty, a r
In a long and illustrious career, he has written numerous works, including "The Religion of Israel," "Understanding Exodus," and "Introduction to Hebrew," He also edited the "Encyclopaedia Judaica" and served as a translator of the Jewish Bible, "Tanakh," . About the Author Moshe Greenberg, Ph.D., was Professor of Biblical Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Prose prayer was spoken by persons of all ranks. Male and female, Israelite and foreigner, all enjoyed equal access to God. The Psalms are the best known and most widely used prayer texts of the Bible. His compact and masterful study, originally the 1981-1982 Taubman Lectures at Berkeley, suggests an explanation for the unprecedented democratization of worship in post-biblical Judaism.. The pervasiveness and spontaneity of this prayer, independent as it was of the structure and taboos of formal worship, turned it into a criterion for si
Moshe Greenberg, Ph.D., was Professor of Biblical Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In a long and illustrious career, he has written numerous works, including "The Religion of Israel," "Understanding Exodus," and "Introduction to Hebrew," He also edited the "Encyclopaedia Judaica" and served as a translator of the Jewish Bible, "Tanakh,"