Early Jewish Prayers in Greek

Pieter W. van der Horst; Judith. H. Newman

Published by De Gruyter 2008

Early Jewish Prayers in Greek

Pieter W. van der Horst and Judith. H. Newman

In the series Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211122

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About this book

During the past few decades a great amount of scholarly work has been done on the various prayer cultures of antiquity, both Graeco-Roman and Jewish and Christian. In Jewish studies this burgeoning research on ancient prayer has been stimulated particularly by the many new prayer texts found at Qumran, which have shed new light on several long-standing problems. The present volume intends to make a new contribution to the ongoing scholarly debate on ancient Jewish prayer texts by focusing on a limited set of prayer texts, scil. , a small number of those that have been preserved only in Greek. Jewish prayers in Greek tend to be undervalued, which is regrettable because these prayers shed light on sometimes striking aspects of early Jewish spirituality in the centuries around the turn of the era. In this volume twelve such prayers have been collected, translated, and provided with an extensive historical and philological commentary. They have been preserved on papyrus, on stone, and as part of Christian church orders into which some of them have been incorporated in a christianized from. For that reason these prayers are of great interest to scholars of both early Judaism and ancient Christianity.

Author / Editor information

Pieter W. van der Horst, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Judith H. Newman, University of Toronto, Canada.

Reviews

"This is a most welcome addition to a series which has already proved its worth, and augurs well for its future."
C. T. R. Hayward in: Book List - Society for Old Testament Study 2009

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Table of contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
I. The Hellenistic Synagogal Prayers in the Apostolic Constitutions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. A Communal Prayer (Pap. Egerton 5) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
III. A Prayer for Protection against Unclean Spirits (Pap. Fouad 203) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
IV. A Prayer for Vengeance from Rheneia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
V. The Prayer of Manasseh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
VI. The Prayer of Azariah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
VII. The Prayer of Jacob Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
VIII. Appendix: The Prayer of Joseph Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 298
Keywords: Jewish Prayers; Jewish Spirituality; Prayer

eBook

Published: December 10, 2008
ISBN: 9783110211122

Hardcover

Published: October 20, 2008
ISBN: 9783110205039