Functions Of Psalms And Prayers In The Late Second Temple Period

Author : Mika S. Pajunen,Jeremy Penner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110448535

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Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Late Second Temple Period by Mika S. Pajunen,Jeremy Penner Pdf

When thinking about psalms and prayers in the Second Temple period, the Masoretic Psalter and its reception is often given priority because of modern academic or theological interests. This emphasis tends to skew our understanding of the corpus we call psalms and prayers and often dampens or mutes the lived context within which these texts were composed and used. This volume is comprised of a collection of articles that explore the diverse settings in which psalms and prayers were used and circulated in the late Second Temple period. The book includes essays by experts in the Hebrew bible, the Dead Sea scrolls, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, and the New Testament, in which a wide variety of topics, approaches, and methods both old and new are utilized to explore the many functions of psalms and prayers in the late Second Temple period. Included in this volume are essays examining how psalms were read as prophecy, as history, as liturgy, and as literature. A variety methodologies are employed, and include the use of cognitive sciences and poetics, linguistic theory, psychology, redaction criticism, and literary theory.

Author : Mika S. Pajunen,Jeremy Penner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110449266

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Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Late Second Temple Period by Mika S. Pajunen,Jeremy Penner Pdf

When thinking about psalms and prayers in the Second Temple period, the Masoretic Psalter and its reception is often given priority because of modern academic or theological interests. This emphasis tends to skew our understanding of the corpus we call psalms and prayers and often dampens or mutes the lived context within which these texts were composed and used. This volume is comprised of a collection of articles that explore the diverse settings in which psalms and prayers were used and circulated in the late Second Temple period. The book includes essays by experts in the Hebrew bible, the Dead Sea scrolls, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, and the New Testament, in which a wide variety of topics, approaches, and methods both old and new are utilized to explore the many functions of psalms and prayers in the late Second Temple period. Included in this volume are essays examining how psalms were read as prophecy, as history, as liturgy, and as literature. A variety methodologies are employed, and include the use of cognitive sciences and poetics, linguistic theory, psychology, redaction criticism, and literary theory.

Author : Peter Trudinger
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047401995

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The Psalms of the Tamid Service by Peter Trudinger Pdf

This volume studies the seven psalms that were performed at the fundamental daily ritual of the Jerusalem Temple in the late Second Temple period (Psalms 24, 48, 82, 94, 81, 93, 92). It is the first comprehensive and detailed study of this richly-relevant liturgical collection. The work centers around a literary poetic analysis of the collection as a whole, focussing on unifying features such as connections between psalms, overall structure, theme and plot. A review of the Tamid service and exegetical studies of each psalm are included. Three innovative sections illustrate the importance of the Tamid Psalms in Second Temple studies; topics include the formation of the Psalter, the structure of liturgical texts, and the performance of Temple worship.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004678286

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The Power of Psalms in Post-Biblical Judaism by Anonim Pdf

The powerful poetry of the Hebrew Psalms articulates a unique range of experience, even in translation. They explore the deepest concerns of individuals and communities. They are central to the performance of religion for both Jews and Christians. New discoveries, such as the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, have transformed our view of their role in Judaism, as has modern re-evaluation of the complicated relationship between Judaism and Christianity. Here a group of leading scholars sheds fresh light on the uses of the Psalms in post-biblical Jewish life in a multi-cultural world.

Author : Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher,Maria Häusl
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884143673

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Prayers and the Construction of Israelite Identity by Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher,Maria Häusl Pdf

Substantial insights into various identity discourses reflected in the biblical prayers This collection of essays from an international group of scholars focuses on how biblical prayers of the Persian and early Hellenistic periods shaped identity, evoked a sense of belonging to specific groups, and added emotional significance to this affiliation. Contributors draw examples from different biblical texts, including Genesis, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, Psalms, Jonah, and Daniel. Features Thorough study of prayers that play a key role for a biblical book’s (re)construction of the people’s history and identity An examination of ways biblical figures are remodeled by their prayers by introducing other, sometimes even contradictory, discourses on identity An exploration of different ways in which psalms from postexilic times shaped, reflected, and modified identity discourses

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004432796

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Sacred Texts and Disparate Interpretations: Qumran Manuscripts Seventy Years Later by Anonim Pdf

The essays in Sacred Texts and Disparate Interpretations shed new light on core themes in Qumran studies, such as the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, history of the Qumran community, Hebrew philology and paleography, Wisdom and religious poetry.

Author : Gerbern S. Oegema
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190689643

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The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha by Gerbern S. Oegema Pdf

The Apocrypha : an introduction / Gerbern S. Oegema -- The Apocrypha in the context of early Judaism / Gerbern S. Oegema -- The Apocrypha, the Septuagint, and other Greek witnesses / Kristin de Troyer -- A canonical history of the Old Testament apocryphay / Lee Martin MacDonald -- The Apocrypha in the history of Christianity / Tobias Nicklas -- The Protestant reception of the Apocrypha / Matthew Korpman -- Apocrypha, genre, and historicity / Gerbern S. Oegema -- 1 Esdras/Greek Ezra / Lester L. Grabbe -- Baruch/Karina Martin Hogan -- Book of Judith / Deborah Levine Gera -- 1 Maccabees' ethics, etiquette, political theology, and structure / Doron Mendels -- 2 Maccabees / Michael Duggan -- 3 Maccabees / Brian R. Dyer -- 4 Maccabees / Jan Willem van Henten -- The Apocrypha and apocalypticism / Lorenzo DiTommaso -- 2 Esdras / Shayna Sheinfeld -- Wisdom literature of the Apocrypha and related compositions of the Second Temple era / John Kampen -- Sirach / Jeremy Corley -- Tobit / Beate Ego -- The Wisdom of Solomon / Jason M. Zurawski -- The Additions to Daniel / Lorenzo DiTommaso -- The Additions of the Greek book(s) of Esther / Tyler Smith, Kristin de Troyer -- Epistle of Jeremiah / Susan Docherty -- Prayer of Manasseh / Ariel Gutman -- Psalm 151-155 / Mika S. Pajunen -- Jewish religion in the Apocrypha : between biblical precepts and early rabbinic thought / Carla Sulzbach -- Women and gender in the Apocrypha / Sara Parks -- Theology and ethics in the Apocrypha / Gerbern S. Oegema -- Sexuality in the Apocrypha / William Loader -- Biblical theology and the Apocrypha / David A. deSilva.

Author : Matthias Henze,Rodney A. Werline
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884144823

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Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters by Matthias Henze,Rodney A. Werline Pdf

An essential resource for scholars and students Since the publication of the first edition of Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters in 1986, the field of early Judaism has exploded with new data, the publication of additional texts, and the adoption of new methods. This new edition of the classic resource honors the spirit of the earlier volume and focuses on the scholarly advances in the past four decades that have led to the study of early Judaism becoming an academic discipline in its own right. Essays written by leading scholars in the study of early Judaism fall into four sections: historical and social settings; methods, manuscripts, and materials; early Jewish literatures; and the afterlife of early Judaism.

Author : Timothy J. Sandoval,Ariel Feldman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110624526

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Petitioners, Penitents, and Poets by Timothy J. Sandoval,Ariel Feldman Pdf

This volume contributes to the growing interest in understanding the phenomenon of prayer and praying in the Hebrew Bible, Early Judaism, and nascent Christianity. Papers by the leading scholars in these fields revisit long-standing questions and chart new paths of inquiry into the nature, form, and practice of addressing the divine in the ancient world. The essays in this volume deal with particular texts of and about prayer, practices of prayer, as well as figures and locations (historical and literary) that are associated with prayer and praying. These studies apply a range of methods and theoretical approaches to prayer and the language of prayer in literatures of Early Judaism and Christianity. Some studies apply the classical methods of biblical studies to Second Temple texts of prayer, including form critical and text critical approaches; others engage in literary and narrative analysis of ancient works that recount discourse directed to the divine. Still other studies draw on anthropological and sociological analyses of prayer or marshal particular theories of discourse, ethics, and moral agency to offer fresh interpretations of address to God in the literature of Second Temple Judaism and earliest Christianity.

Author : Matthias Henze,David Lincicum
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 961 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467467605

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Israel's Scriptures in Early Christian Writings by Matthias Henze,David Lincicum Pdf

How did New Testament authors use Israel’s Scriptures? Use, misuse, appropriation, citation, allusion, inspiration—how do we characterize the manifold images, paraphrases, and quotations of the Jewish Scriptures that pervade the New Testament? Over the past few decades, scholars have tackled the question with a variety of methodologies. New Testament authors were part of a broader landscape of Jewish readers interpreting Scripture. Recent studies have sought to understand the various compositional techniques of the early Christians who composed the New Testament in this context and on the authors’ own terms. In this landmark collection of essays, Matthias Henze and David Lincicum marshal an international group of renowned scholars to analyze the New Testament, text-by-text, aiming to better understand what roles Israel’s Scriptures play therein. In addition to explicating each book, the essayists also cut across texts to chart the most important central concepts, such as the messiah, covenants, and the end times. Carefully constructed reception history of both testaments rounds out the volume. Comprehensive and foundational, Israel’s Scriptures in Early Christian Writings will serve as an essential resource for biblical scholars for years to come. Contributors: Garrick V. Allen, Michael Avioz, Martin Bauspiess, Richard J. Bautch, Ian K. Boxall, Marc Zvi Brettler, Jaime Clark-Soles, Michael B. Cover, A. Andrew Das, Susan Docherty, Paul Foster, Jörg Frey, Alexandria Frisch, Edmon L. Gallagher, Gabriella Gelardini, Jennie Grillo, Gerd Häfner, Matthias Henze, J. Thomas Hewitt, Robin M. Jensen, Martin Karrer, Matthias Konradt, Katja Kujanpää, John R. Levison, David Lincicum, Grant Macaskill, Tobias Nicklas, Valérie Nicolet, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, George Parsenios, Benjamin E. Reynolds, Dieter T. Roth, Dietrich Rusam, Jens Schröter, Claudia Setzer, Elizabeth Evans Shively, Michael Karl-Heinz Sommer, Angela Standhartinger, Gert J. Steyn, Todd D. Still, Rodney A. Werline, Benjamin Wold, Archie T. Wright

Author : George J. Brooke,Charlotte Hempel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567590220

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T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls by George J. Brooke,Charlotte Hempel Pdf

The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last century. They have great historical, religious, and linguistic significance, not least in relation to the transmission of many of the books which came to be included in the Hebrew Bible. This companion comprises over 70 articles, exploring the entire body of the key texts and documents labelled as Dead Sea Scrolls. Beginning with a section on the complex methods used in discovering, archiving and analysing the Scrolls, the focus moves to consideration of the Scrolls in their various contexts: political, religious, cultural, economic and historical. The genres ascribed to groups of texts within the Scrolls- including exegesis and interpretation, poetry and hymns, and liturgical texts - are then examined, with due attention given to both past and present scholarship. The main body of the Companion concludes with crucial issues and topics discussed by leading scholars. Complemented by extensive appendices and indexes, this Companion provides the ideal resource for those seriously engaging with the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Author : Anna Krauß,Jonas Leipziger,Friederike Schücking-Jungblut
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110636031

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Material Aspects of Reading in Ancient and Medieval Cultures by Anna Krauß,Jonas Leipziger,Friederike Schücking-Jungblut Pdf

This publication seeks to endeavour the relationship between material artefacts and reading practices in ancient and medieval cultures. While the acts of reception of written artefacts in former times are irretrievably lost, some of the involved artefacts are preserved and might comprise hints to the ancient reading practices. In form of case studies, the contributions to this volume examine various forms of written artefacts as to their implications on modes of reading. Analyzing different Qumran scrolls, codices, Tefillin, Mezuzot, magical texts, tablets, bricks, and statues as well as meta-textual and iconographic aspects, the articles inquire the possibilities of how to correlate material aspects to assumed modes of reception and practices of reading. The contributions stem from Egyptology, Papyrology, Qumran Studies, Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, Ancient Christianity, and Islamic Studies. In total, this volume contributes to the research on practices of reception in times past and demonstrates the potential hidden in text-bearing artefacts.

Author : Dalit Rom-Shiloni
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467461870

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Voices from the Ruins by Dalit Rom-Shiloni Pdf

Where was God in the sixth-century destruction of Jerusalem? The Hebrew Bible compositions written during and around the sixth century BCE provide an illuminating glimpse into how ancient Judeans reconciled the major qualities of God—as Lord, fierce warrior, and often harsh rather than compassionate judge—with the suffering they were experiencing at the hands of the Neo-Babylonian empire, which had brutally destroyed Judah and deported its people. Voices from the Ruins examines the biblical texts “explicitly and directly contextualized by those catastrophic events”—Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Lamentations, and selected Psalms—to trace the rich, diverse, and often-polemicized discourse over theodicy unfolding therein. Dalit Rom-Shiloni shows how the “voices from the ruins” in these texts variously justified God in the face of the rampant destruction, expressed doubt, and protested God’s action (and inaction). Rather than trying to paper over the stark theological differences between the writings of these sixth-century historiographers, prophets, and poets, Rom-Shiloni emphasizes the dynamic of theological pluralism as a genuine characteristic of the Hebrew Bible. Through these avenues, and with her careful, discerning textual analysis, she provides readers with insight into how the sufferers of an ancient national catastrophe wrestled with the difficult question that has accompanied tragedies throughout history: Where was God?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004537804

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The Dead Sea Scrolls in Ancient Media Culture by Anonim Pdf

This book is a collection of cutting-edge essays on the Dead Sea Scrolls as part of ancient Mediterranean media culture, featuring interdisciplinary feedback from scholars in New Testament studies and Classics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780827618916

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JPS Bible Commentary: Psalms 120–150 by Anonim Pdf