Seeking the Favor of God Vol.1: The Origins of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism

includes index and biblioraphy

I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask...........1 Confession as theological expression:Ideological origins of Penitential prayer............21 Socio-ideological settings or settings for penitential prayers..........51 The speech act of Confession: Priestly performative utterance in Leviticus 16 and ezra 9-10..............69 Lament regained in trito-isaiah`s penitential prayer ..............83 THe affirmation of divine righteousness in early penitential prayers..............101 when none repents, earth laments.....119 Why do you let us stray from your paths..........145 Ezra 9: 6-15 : A penitential prayer within its literary setting.........165 Form criticism in transition .................181 volume 3 The presistence and trajectories of penitential prayer in rabbinic judaism....................1 We do not even know what to do: A foray into the early history of Tahanum.................39 The penitential part of the amidah and personal redemption.........71 The amidah benediction on Forgiveness: Links between its theology and its textual evolution..............85 Confessing from A to Z : Penitential forms in early synagogue poetry....99 penitential practices in a kabbalistic mode..............127 The impact of penitential prayer tradition on new testment theology...............149 The emergence of penitential prayer in early CHristianity....185 Repentance and prayer in the Didache............197 THe east syrian rite of Penance ..........213 Prayer and penance in early and middle byzantine christianity...............225

V1. The Origins of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism.