The Traditional Prayer in the Psalms / Literarische Studien zur Josephsgeschichte

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The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world. BZAW welcomes submissions that make an original and significant contribution to the field; demonstrate sophisticated engagement with the relevant secondary literature; and are written in readable, logical, and engaging prose. 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