Table of Contents:
  • ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Preface""; ""Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism: A Research Survey""; ""Prayer, Politics, and Social Vision in Daniel 9""; ""Daniel 9: A Penitential Prayer in Apocalyptic Garb""; ""Penitential Prayer in the Second Temple Period from the Perspective of Baruch""; ""The Use of Female Imagery and Lamentation in the Book of Judith: Penitential Prayer or Petition for Obligatory Action?""; ""The Form and Settings of the Prayer of Manasseh""; ""Scriptural Inspiration for Penitential Prayer in the Dead Sea Scrolls""
  • ""Repentance and the Qumran Covenant Ceremony""""The Words of the Luminaries and Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Times""; ""Traditional and Atypical Motifs in Penitential Prayers from Qumran""; ""Reflections on Penitential Prayer: Definition and Form""; ""Afterword""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Ancient Sources Index""; ""Modern Authors Index""; ""Subject Index""