Judaism and Hebrew prayer : new perspectives on Jewish liturgical history
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Judaism and Hebrew prayer : new perspectives on Jewish liturgical history
Cambridge University Press, 1995
1st pbk. ed
Available at 7 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 411-421
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This study traces the origins of Hebrew prayer among the Jews and explains how the first volumes of formal Jewish liturgy emerged. It describes in a lively and thought-provoking manner the leading rites and personalities of medieval Jewish worship and explains how the various interpretations of Judaism in the modern world have responded in their own way to the challenge of dialogue with the divine. Existing theories are challenged, and new theories offered, and the result will make liturgical research accessible to modern readers.
Table of Contents
- 1. On Jewish liturgical research
- 2. The biblical inspiration
- 3. The early liturgy of the synagogue
- 4. Some liturgical issues in the Talmudic sources
- 5. How the first Jewish prayer-book evolved
- 6. Authorities, rites and texts in the Middle Ages
- 7. From printed prayers to the spread of pietistic ones
- 8. The challenge of the modern world
- 9. A background to current developments
- Bibliography
- Index.
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