Seeking the Favor of God
Volume 2: The Development of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism
Edited by Mark J. Boda, Daniel K. Falk and Rodney A. Werline
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Biographical note
Mark J. Boda, Ph.D. (1996) in Old Testament, University of Cambridge, is Professor of Old Testament, McMaster Divinity College, and Professor, Faculty of Theology, McMaster University. He coedited Repentance in Christian Theology (Liturgical/Michael Glazier) and authored Praying the Tradition: The Origin and Use of Tradition in Nehemiah 9 (de Gruyter).
Daniel K. Falk, Ph.D. (1996) in Qumran Studies, University of Cambridge, is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient Judaism at the University of Oregon and author of Parabiblical Texts (T&T Clark) and Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Brill).
Rodney A. Werline, Ph.D. (1995) in Early Judaism and Early Christianity in the Greco-Roman World, University of Iowa, is Associate Professor of Religion at Barton College in Wilson, North Carolina, and author of Pray Like This (Continuum) and Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism: The Development of a Religious Institution (Scholars Press).
Daniel K. Falk, Ph.D. (1996) in Qumran Studies, University of Cambridge, is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient Judaism at the University of Oregon and author of Parabiblical Texts (T&T Clark) and Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Brill).
Rodney A. Werline, Ph.D. (1995) in Early Judaism and Early Christianity in the Greco-Roman World, University of Iowa, is Associate Professor of Religion at Barton College in Wilson, North Carolina, and author of Pray Like This (Continuum) and Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism: The Development of a Religious Institution (Scholars Press).
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