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Worship and the Hebrew Bible : essays in honour of John T. Willis / - Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1999 - 316 pages. : port. ; 24 cm - Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 284 The Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes "Select bibliography of the writings of John T. Willis"--P. [295]-297

'For He is good...' worship in Ezra-Nehemiah / Peoples and the worship of Yahweh in the Book of Isaiah / Mourners and the Psalms / Worship and ethics: a re-examination of Psalm 15 / 'From where will my help come?' Women in prayer in the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books / Flirting with the language of prayer (Job 14.13-17) / Leslie C. Allen -- Christopher T. Begg -- Don C. Benjamin and Victor H. Matthews -- R.E. Clements -- Toni Craven -- James L. Crenshaw -- Setting the heart to seek God: worship in 2 Chronicles 30.1-31.1 / Psalm 19: a meditation on God's glory in the heavens and in God's law / Grounds for praise: the nature and function of the motive clause in the hymns of the Hebrew Psalter / Micah and a theological critique of worship / Why didn't David build the temple?: the history of a biblical tradition / Worship in Judges 17-18 / M. Patrick Graham -- Walter Harrelson -- J. Kenneth Kuntz -- Rick R. Marrs -- Steven L. McKenzie -- Phillip McMillion -- Isaiah in the worshipping community / Contemporary worship in the light of Isaiah's ancient critique / 'Eat and rejoice before the Lord': the optimism of worship in the Deuteronomic Code / Roy F. Melugin -- J.J.M. Roberts -- Timothy M. Willis

ISBN: 9780567316806 (paperback) 1850759243 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 99179357

Subjects--Personal Names:
Willis, John T., 1933-

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Worship in the Bible