Ancient Jewish prayers and emotions: a study of the emotions associated with prayer in the Jewish and related literature of the Second Temple period and immediately afterwards

This collection of essaysoffers ananalysis of central texts in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic relating to emotions within literary prayers. Their discussions touch upon such diverse topics as relations with God, exegesis, education, prophecy, linguistic expression, feminism, happiness, grief, cult, suici...

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Contributors: Egger-Wenzel, Renate 1961- (Editor) ; Reif, Stefan C. 1944- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin De Gruyter 2015
In: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies (Volume 26)
Year: 2015
Series/Journal:Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies Volume 26
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Early Judaism / Literature / Prayer / Emotion
Further subjects:B Electronic books
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Summary:This collection of essaysoffers ananalysis of central texts in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic relating to emotions within literary prayers. Their discussions touch upon such diverse topics as relations with God, exegesis, education, prophecy, linguistic expression, feminism, happiness, grief, cult, suicide, non-Jews, Hellenism, Qumran and Jerusalem. The articles contribute to a scientific understanding of early Rabbinic and Christian ideas. Stefan C. Reif, St John's College, University of Cambridge, England;Renate Egger-Wenzel, University of Salzburg, Austria.
This collection of essays offers an analysis of central texts in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic relating to emotions within literary prayers. Their discussions touch upon such diverse topics as relations with God, exegesis, education, prophecy, linguistic expression, feminism, happiness, grief, cult, suicide, non-Jews, Hellenism, Qumran and Jerusalem. The articles contribute to a scientific understanding of early Rabbinic and Christian ideas
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ISBN:3110369095
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110369083