essays in honor of John T. Willis text xxu Sheffield, UK Sheffield Academic Press c1999 monographic eng

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316 p. ; pbk ; 24 cm. "A collection of fifteen articles by colleagues and former students of Professor Willis of Abilene Christian University. The papers deal with the topic of worship from a variety of perspectives and, in different connections, with the life and thought of ancient Israel."--Jacket. 'For He is good ... ' worship in Ezra-Nehemiah / Leslie C. Allen -- Peoples and the worship of Yahweh in the Book of Isaiah / Christopher T. Begg -- Mourners and the Psalms / Don C. Benjamin and Victor H. Matthews -- Worship and ethics: a re-examination of Psalm 15 / R.E. Clements -- 'From where will my help come?' Women in prayer in the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books / Toni Craven -- Flirting with the language of prayer (Job 14.13-17) / James L. Crenshaw. Setting the heart to seek God: worship in 2 Chronicles 30.1-31.1 / M. Patrick Graham -- Psalm 19: a meditation on God's glory in the heavens and in God's law / Walter Harrelson -- Grounds for praise: the nature and function of the motive clause in the hymns of the Hebrew Psalter / J. Kenneth Kuntz -- Micah and a theological critique of worship / Rick R. Marrs -- Why didn't David build the temple?: the history of a biblical tradition / Steven L. McKenzie -- Worship in Judges 17-18 / Phillip McMillion. Isaiah in the worshipping community / Roy F. Melugin -- Contemporary worship in the light of Isaiah's ancient critique / J.J.M. Roberts -- 'Eat and rejoice before the Lord': the optimism of worship in the Deuteronomic Code / Timothy M. Willis. Edited bt M. Patrick Graham, Steven L McKenzie and Richard R. Marrs. Willis, John T 1933- Criticism, interpretation, etc Worship in the Bible 221.6 9780567316806 NEMB 130924 20130924152627.0