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Record Nr.

UNINA9911110856403321

Autore

Suderman W. Derek

Titolo

The Social Audience of Prayer : A Rhetorical and Canonical Study of Individual Lament Psalms

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, PA : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2026

©2026

ISBN

1-64602-359-5

9781646023592

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 pages)

Collana

Siphrut Series:Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures

Disciplina

223.206

Soggetti

RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

COVER Front -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: "How Many Are My Foes": The Beginning of Lament in the Psalms -- Chapter 2: "Save Me, O God": From Divineto Social Address -- Chapter 3: "How Long Will You Attack?" From Socialto Divine Address -- Chapter 4: "May His Days Be Few": Hearing the Rhetoric of Jussives at Work -- Chapter 5: "Against You, You Alone, Have I Sinned":The Function of Contextual Superscriptions in the Psalms -- Chapter 6: "My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?" The Function of Lament in Broader Canonical Contexts -- Chapter 7: The End of Lament: Exploring the Rhetorical and Canonical Function of a Biblical Genre -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Lament psalms are often imagined as private cries to God.Yet many laments are also directed outward--toward friends, foes, and entire communities.The Social Audience of Prayer reveals how the psalmist's words reach beyond the divine to demand recognition, solidarity, and change from a human audience as well.W.