: Pieter W. van der Horst, Judith. H. Newman
: Early Jewish Prayers in Greek
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783110211122
: Commentaries on Early Jewish LiteratureISSN
: 1
: CHF 168.20
:
: Judentum
: English
: 314
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In this book a series of 12 Jewish prayers, composed by Greek speaking communities, have been collected, translated, and provided with a historical and philological commentary. These prayers, ranging in time from the second century BCE to the fourth century CE, offer unique insights into a wide variety of forms of  Jewish spirituality, both in the Land of Israel and in the Diaspora. 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 form. These prayers are therefore of great interest to scholars of both early Judaism and ancient Christianity.



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

Frontmatter1
Table of contents5
Preface7
Abbreviations13
I. The Hellenistic Synagogal Prayers in the Apostolic Constitutions17
II. A Communal Prayer (Pap. Egerton 5)111
III. A Prayer for Protection against Unclean Spirits (Pap. Fouad 203)139
IV. A Prayer for Vengeance from Rheneia151
V. The Prayer of Manasseh161
VI. The Prayer of Azariah197
VII. The Prayer of Jacob231
VIII. Appendix: The Prayer of Joseph263
Backmatter275