Sandoval - Petitioners, Penitents, and Poets: On Prayer and Praying in Second Temple Judaism

Petitioners, Penitents, and Poets

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fr die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

Herausgegeben von

John Barton, Reinhard G. Kratz, Nathan MacDonald,
Sara Milstein and Markus Witte

Volume 524

ISBN 978-3-11-062040-5

e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-062452-6

e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-062134-1

ISSN 0934-2575

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020939079

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The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available on the Internet at http://dnb.dnb.de.

2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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The essays in Petitioners, Penitents, and Poets: On Prayer and Praying in Second Temple Judaism are revisions and expansions of papers delivered at a conference by the same name held at Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University on May 2122, 2019. We are grateful not only to colleagues who presented papers at this event and who have contributed to this volume, but also to others who made both the conference and the volume possible. Funds from the Cristol Endowment for Jewish Studies at Brite Divinity School and Texas Christian University provided the support for our small conference. The actual conference itself, however, would have seen no success without the invaluable logistical assistance of Ms. Reina Rodriguez and Mr. Marcus Hayes. Thanks are also due to Mr. Zachary Poppen who proofread several essays included in the volume prior to it being sent to press. We are especially appreciative of Professor Reinhard Kratz and the other editors of BZAW for accepting this book into their prestigious series, while Albrecht Dhnert and others at De Gruyter, as always, helpfully and professionally guided the project along.

Finally, although a somewhat belated gesture, we are happy to dedicate the volume to two of its contributors who have recently retired from their academic postsProfessors George J. Brooke and Carol A. Newsom. It is difficult to imagine two scholars from whom we have learned more.

Ariel Feldman and Timothy J. Sandoval