Prayer in Josephus
This
book is an analysis of prayer in the works of Flavius Josephus. The
author discusses both Josephus' views on prayer and his use of prayers
within the narrative context. The first part of the book therefore deals
with the two passages that Josephus himself wrote on prayer. The second
part represents a detailed analysis of 32 prayers selected (mainly)
from Antiquitates Judaicae, as to content, context and relation to their
source text (if any), revealing the variety of narrative and
theological functions that they fulfil. The study also indicates the
significance of Josephus' use of terminology derived from the
Graeco-Roman world. New light is thus shed on Josephus' historiographic
method as well as on his view of God. Book jacket.
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