Worship and the Hebrew Bible [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honour of John T. Willis / / edited by M. Patrick Graham, Rick R. Mars, and Steven L. McKenzie

• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 221.6
• Soggetto topico: Worship in the Bible
• Altri autori: WillisJohn T. <1933-> GrahamM. Patrick <1950-> (Matt Patrick) MarrsRick R McKenzieSteven L. <1953->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 'For He Is Good...' Worship in Ezra-Nehemiah; The Peoples and the Worship of Yahweh in the Book of Isaiah; Mourners and the Psalms; Worship and Ethics: A Re-examination of Psalm 15; 'From Where Will my Help Come?' Women and Prayer in the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical Books; Flirting with the Language of Prayer (Job 14.13-17); Setting the Heart to Seek God: Worship in 2 Chronicles 30.1-31.1; Psalm 19: A Meditation on God's Glory in the Heavens and in God's Law ; Grounds for Praise: The Nature and Function of the Motive Clause in the Hymns of the Hebrew PsalterMicah and a Theological Critique of Worship; Why Didn't David Build the Temple?: The History of a Biblical Tradition; Worship in Judges 17-18; Isaiah in the Worshipping Community; Contemporary Worship in the Light of Isaiah's Ancient Critique; 'Eat and Rejoice Before the Lord': The Optimism of Worship in the Deuteronomic Code; Select Bibliography of the Writings of John T. Willis; Index of References; Index of Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of fifteen articles by colleagues and former students of Professor Willis of Abilene Christian University. The papers deal with the topic of worship from a variety of perspectives and, in different connections, with the life and thought of ancient Israel. These include the participation of foreigners in the worship of ancient Israel, the prophetic critique of the cult, the tradition of the construction of the Jerusalem temple, women and prayer in the Deutero-canonical literature, various ethical aspects of worship and the value placed on the internal dynamics of worship offered to
• Titolo autorizzato: Worship and the Hebrew Bible
• ISBN: 1-281-81436-9; 9786611814366; 0-567-39421-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824803903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 284.