The late 1990s saw a flurry of significant publications on the Second Temple era, and in response the Society of Biblical Literature set up a series of annual meetings designed to encourage mutual con
The essays collected in this volume investigate the development of prayers of penitence within Jewish literature of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The book provides a critical overview of the pre
The third volume in this series on Jewish Second Temple prayer tradition concentrates on penitential prayers. Boda(theology, McMaster University), Falk (religious studies, University of Oregon) and We
