Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies Volume 26: Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions by Friedrich V. Reiterer Beate Ego and Tobias Nicklas

Author:Friedrich V. Reiterer, Beate Ego and Tobias Nicklas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2015-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

“And I besought the Eternal” (Deut 2:23) – Prayer has ten names: cry, yearn for help, groan, trouble, sing, plea, fall down, wish, petition, stand, wish, beseech (Sifre Deut. 26).

Many of these ten expressions, or attributes of prayer, contain nonverbal gestures. In our case, these gestures take the form of crying and lifting the eyes to heaven.561

It seems that Jewish tradition considered nonverbal devotion valid and efficacious. It is said in the name of Rabbi Eleazar: – (“Since destruction of the Temple, the gates of prayer were locked, but even though the gates of prayer were locked, the gates of tears were not locked”, b. B. Meṣ. 32b).562 In the Theodotion version, Susanna begins with wordless prayer and concludes with a loud cry toward God and mortals alike.

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