The Traditional Prayer in the Psalms / Literarische Studien zur Josephsgeschichte

Anneli Aejmelaeus, Ludwig Schmidt

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9783110104806
• eBook ISBN: 9783110852981
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Ancient Religion

In der Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) erscheinen Arbeiten zu sämtlichen Gebieten der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Im Zentrum steht die Hebräische Bibel, ihr Vor- und Nachleben im antiken Judentum sowie ihre vielfache Verzweigung in die benachbarten Kulturen der altorientalischen und hellenistisch-römischen Welt.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• 1. Formal Analysis of the Imperative Petition
• 1.1 “Save*, “deliver”, “Help”
• 1.2 “Have mercy”
• 1.3 Petitions Connected with the Priestly Blessing
• 1.4 “Hear”,“see”
• 1.5 “Answer”
• 1.6 “Arise”, “awake”
• 1.7 “Return”
• 1.8 “Judge”, “vindicate”
• 1.9 “Hasten to my aid”, “turn to me”
• 1.10 “Teach”, “lead”
• 1.11 “Remember”
• 1.12 Petitions against the Enemy
• 1.13 Petitions with Negation
• 1.14 A Few General Remarks on the Imperative Petitions
• 1.15 Clusters of Imperative Petitions
• 2. Formal Analysis of Elements Connected with the Petition
• 2.1 Address of the Petition
• 2.2 Expressions in the Immediate Context of the Petition
• 2.2.1 The Question of “Motivations for Divine Intervention”
• 2.2.2 Prepositional Phrases
• 2.2.3 Clauses in the Immediate Context of the Petition
• 2.2.4 Conclusions
• 3. The Form of the Traditional Prayer
• 3.1 The Pattern of Traditional Prayer as a Compositional Factor
• 3.2 The Simple Form of Individual Prayer
• 3.3 The Origin and Relative Dating of the Traditional Prayer
• 3.4 The Developed Form of the Traditional Prayer
• 3.5 Prayer Literature in the Psalter
• 4. Conclusions and Methodological Considerations
• Abbreviations
• Bibliography
• Index of Biblical Passages