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Article: Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism: The Development of a Religious Institution
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- Journal of Biblical Literature
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism: The Development of a Religious Institution, by Rodney Alan Werline. SBLEJL 13. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998. Pp. xii + 238. $39.95.
This study is a revision of the author's dissertation, written under the supervision of George W. E. Nickelsburg at the University of Iowa. Its objective is to offer a systematic analysis of the penitential prayers from the exile to the Second Temple period, thereby illuminating the emergence of penitential prayer as a religious institution. Two definitional matters guide the collection and assessment of the data: (1) "penitential prayers" are defined as direct addresses to God in which an individual or group ...