The discourse of prayer responds to the abiding lure of transcendence. From Gilgamesh to the primordial human beings in Eden to Odysseus, the quest for ultimate truths has summoned forth all manner of human effort. In this volume, Samuel E. Balentine shows how inviting, let alone commanding God to speak may be the "acme of bardic pretention," but in the ancient world such transgression characterizes the audacity of prayer.
| ISBN: | 9783161611032 |
| Publication date: | 23rd June 2022 |
| Author: | Samuel E Balentine |
| Publisher: | Mohr Siebeck |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 302 pages |
| Series: | Forschungen Zum Alten Testament |
| Genres: |
Old Testaments Theology |