Prayer in the Hebrew Bible: The Drama of Divine-Human DialogueFortress Press, 1993 M05 1 - 328 pages 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". |
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... Psalms and the wisdom materials into the total picture.4 To put the edge on this point one needs only to recognize that it is in the Psalms , with their witness to the legitimacy of lament within the context of faith , and in the ...
... Psalms and the wisdom materials into the total picture.4 To put the edge on this point one needs only to recognize that it is in the Psalms , with their witness to the legitimacy of lament within the context of faith , and in the ...
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... Psalms . Recognizing the strong note of indi- vidualism in these psalms , not to mention their candid and graphic protests and complaints , Gunkel concluded that these prayers were ultimately considered inappropriate for cultic worship ...
... Psalms . Recognizing the strong note of indi- vidualism in these psalms , not to mention their candid and graphic protests and complaints , Gunkel concluded that these prayers were ultimately considered inappropriate for cultic worship ...
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... Psalms . Indeed , with the foun- dational studies of Gunkel , Mowinckel , and C. Westermann , as well as a host of recent commentators , most notably Reventlow , dis- cussion of the form and function of psalm prayers has attained a ...
... Psalms . Indeed , with the foun- dational studies of Gunkel , Mowinckel , and C. Westermann , as well as a host of recent commentators , most notably Reventlow , dis- cussion of the form and function of psalm prayers has attained a ...
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... Psalms , form criticism began to play the lead methodological role in the study of biblical prayer . Gunkel and Mowinckel's delineation of the basic types of psalms and their supposed settings in the life experiences of ancient Israel ...
... Psalms , form criticism began to play the lead methodological role in the study of biblical prayer . Gunkel and Mowinckel's delineation of the basic types of psalms and their supposed settings in the life experiences of ancient Israel ...
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... Psalms within the living worship of ancient Israel has not yet been done . Still more relevant for the present discussion is the carryover of Psalms research and the methodology of form criticism to the study of prayer . The enduring ...
... Psalms within the living worship of ancient Israel has not yet been done . Still more relevant for the present discussion is the carryover of Psalms research and the methodology of form criticism to the study of prayer . The enduring ...
Contents
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In the Beginning God | 33 |
Gods Relatedness to Humanity | 34 |
Gods Relatedness to the World | 38 |
Jeremiahs Confessions | 150 |
Job | 168 |
Habakkuk | 183 |
Perspectives on Theodicy in the Hebrew Bible | 189 |
Praise That Makes Sense | 199 |
The Bārūk Sentences | 203 |
Extended Hymnic Pieces in Narrative Contexts | 213 |
Prayer in the Theology of the Hebrew Bible | 225 |
Prayer and the Depiction of Character | 48 |
Prayer as a Means of Confirming Status | 50 |
Prayer as a Means of Caricature | 64 |
The Temple as a House of Prayer | 80 |
Prayer and the Characterization of God | 89 |
Prayers for Divine Intervention | 91 |
Prayers for Penitence | 103 |
Prayers for Divine Justice | 118 |
Three Basic Features | 120 |
Examples of Prayers for Justice | 123 |
Prayer as a Vehicle of Theodicy | 139 |
The Lament Tradition Holding to God against God | 146 |
The Need for a Study of the Study | 246 |
The Theology in Hebraic Prayer | 260 |
The DivineHuman Relationship Is Fundamentally Dialogical | 261 |
Prayers Portrait of God | 264 |
Prayers Portrait of Humanity | 267 |
Prayer as a Constitutive Act of Faith | 268 |
House of Prayer or Den of Robbers? A Summons to the Church | 272 |
Keeping the Community in God | 273 |
Keeping God in the Community | 284 |
Index of Modern Authors | 297 |
Index of Scripture References | 302 |
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Page 177 - Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding : Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness ; And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Page 86 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant ; even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer : their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar ; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Page 79 - Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?
Page 92 - Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, and have cast their gods into the fire : for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone ; therefore they have destroyed them.
Page 146 - No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never!
Page 143 - Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty? 8 It is higher than heaven — what can you do? Deeper than Sheol — what can you know?
Page 36 - God?" Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases. Their idols are silver and gold. the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.
Page 177 - Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
Page 146 - The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most : we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long.