The Lure of Transcendence and the Audacity of Prayer: Selected Essays

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Title
Preface
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Abbreviations
I. The God of Prayer: “I Am Not a Human Being”
	1. Isaiah 45: God’s “I Am,” Israel’s “You Are”
	2. “I Am a god and Not a Human Being”: The Divine Dilemma in Hosea
	3. Written on the Heart, Erased from the Mind: Rewriting Moral Agency in Jeremiah
II. Enthroned on the Praises, Penitence, and Laments of Israel
	4. Enthroned on the Praises and Laments of Israel
	5. Jeremiah, Prophet of Prayer
	6. The Prophet as Intercessor: A Reassessment
	7. “My Servant Job Shall Pray for You”
	8. “I Was Ready To Be Sought Out By Those Who Did Not Ask”
III. Prayer as a Vehicle for Theodicy
	9. Prayer in the Wilderness Traditions: In Pursuit of Divine Justice
	10. Prayers for Justice in the Old Testament: Theodicy and Theology
	11. “You Can’t Pray a Lie:” Truth and Fiction in the Prayers of Chronicles
IV. Preaching and Praying the Prayers of the Hebrew Bible
	12. Preaching the Prayers of the Old Testament
	13. “Turn, O Lord! How Long?”
	14. Praying East of Eden
V. Retrospectives and Prospectives
	15. Prayer in the Hebrew Bible: Retrospective and Prospective
List of First Publications
General Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Scripture