"The anthology is the product of an international working group of Society of Biblical Literature"--P. i.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

General Introduction; Shared Characteristics; Relation to Hellenistic Culture; Avenues to the Present; Notes; Part I: Judaica; 1. An introduction to prayer at Qumran; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 2. A thanksgiving for God's help (4Q434 ii-iii); Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 3. Apostrophe to Zion (11Q Psalms Scroll 22:1-15); Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography. 4. Dibre Hamme'orot: Prayer for the Sixth Day (4Q504 1-2 v-vi)Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 5. Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice; Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 6. Hymn on Occasions for Prayer (1QS 10:8b-17); Introduction; Translation; Notes; 7. Prayers in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha; Prayer Practice and Ritual; The Scripturalization of Prayer; Notes; 8. In misery, Tobit prays for death (3:1-6); Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 9. God condemns the arrogance of power: the prayer in 3 Maccabees 6:2-15; Introduction. TranslationNotes; Selected Bibliography; 10. Prayer of Noah: Jubilees 10:3-6; Introduction; Translation of Jubilees 10:3-6; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 11. Judith prays for help (Judith 9:1-14); Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 12. Prayer of a convert to Judaism (Joseph and Aseneth 12-13); Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 13. The Song of Hannah in Pseudo-Philo's Biblical Antiquities; Introduction; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 14. 2 Baruch 54:1-22; Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 15. Josephus and Philo; Josephus. Selected BibliographyPhilo; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 16. The prayer of Moses in Josephus, Antiquities 2:335-7; Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 17. Philo of Alexandria: two prayers; Introduction; Translation; Introduction; Translation; Notes; 18. The Shema and the Amidah: rabbinic prayer; The Shema; The Amidah; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Part II: Greeks and Romans; 19. Prayer in Greco-Roman religions; Form and Content of Prayer; Behaviours and Attitudes Associated with Prayer; The Place of Prayer; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 20. Cato the Elder; Introduction. TranslationsNotes; Selected Bibliography; 21. Cleanthes --
Hymn to Zeus; Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 22. Catullus 34: a prayer to Diana by C. Valerius Catullus; Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 23. The oath of Aeneas: Vergil, Aeneid 12.176-94; Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 24. A prayer of Scipio Africanus: Livy 29.27.2-4; Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography; 25. The Isis hymn of Diodorus of Sicily (1.27.3); Introduction; Translation; Notes; Selected Bibliography.