Samuel E. Balentine is Russell T. Cherry Professor of Old Testament Studies at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. He received his D.Phil. from Oxford University, his M.Div. from the Southeastern Baptist Seminary, and his B.A. from Furman University.
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Editor's Foreword Preface Abbreviations 1. The Subject and the Interpreter 2. The Method 3. In the Beginning God 4. Prayer and the Depiction of Character 5. Prayer and the Characterization of God 6. Prayers for Divine Justice 7. The Lament Tradition: Holding to God against God 8. Praise That Makes Sense 9. Prayer in the Theology of the Hebrew Bible 10. The Theology in Hebraic Prayer 11. House of Prayer or Den of Robbers? Index of Modern Authors Index of Scripture References