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Article: Praying By The Book: The Scripturalization of Prayer In Second Temple Judaism.(Book review)

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PRAYING BY THE BOOK: THE SCRIPTURALIZATION OF PRAYER IN SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM. By Judith H. Newman. Pp. 283. Atlanta, Ga.: Scholars Press, 1999. Cloth, $49.95.

Anyone who reads this study of the uses of Scripture in Jewish prayers found in texts which emerged during the Second Temple period, will quickly recognize the total commitment of the author to her subject and its importance. Near the conclusion of the book, Judith Newman quotes Sigmund Mowinckel on the Psalms which, "far from becoming worn out and petrified with use" have been "able somehow to store the religious experience of generations" (p. 201). Like the Psalms, scripturalized prayers which ... 







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