Siddur Hatefillah

The Jewish Prayer Book. Philosophy, Poetry, and Mystery

Eliezer Schweid (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

514 Seiten

2022
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
978-1-64469-865-5 (ISBN)

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Hebrew University Professor Emeritus and Israel Prize recipient Eliezer Schweid (1929-2022) is widely regarded as one of the greatest historians of Jewish thought of our era. In Siddur Hatefillah, he probes the Jewish prayer book as a reflection of Judaism's unity and continuity as a unique spiritual entity; and as the most popular, most uttered, and internalized text of the Jewish people. Schweid explores texts which process religious philosophical teaching into the language of prayer, and/or express philosophical ideas in prayer’s special language – which the worshipper reflects upon in order to direct prayer, and through which flows hoped-for feedback. With the addition of historical, philological, and literary contexts, the study provides the reader with first-time access to the comprehensive meaning of Jewish prayer—filling a vacuum in both the experience and scholarship of Jewish worship.

Eliezer Schweid (1929-2022) was widely recognized as one of the foremost historians of Jewish thought of this era. He was Professor Emeritus at Hebrew University and an Israel Prize recipient. Gershon Greenberg is a visiting professor in the history of Jewish religious thought through the Holocaust at Hebrew and Bar Ilan universities in Israel. He is based at American University in Washington, D.C. where he created and directed the Jewish Studies Program and serves as Professor of Philosophy and Religion.

Translator’s Acknowledgements

Translator’s Introduction: Eliezer Schweid as Worshipper in the State of Israel
Author’s Preface: My Path to the Jewish Prayer Book (Siddur Hatefillah)
Introduction: The Siddur (Jewish Prayer Book): Its Sources, Goal, and Theological Basis

Worship of God and the Process of the Sacred Congregation’s Formation and Expression

Prayer as a Form of Primal Expression of the Human Soul

Torah and Prayer: The Problem of Love and Sin in the Relations between God and the Human Being

The “Name and Kingship” Blessing as the Fundamental Rubric of Standing before God in Prayer

Establishing the Covenant of Faith between the Individual Human Being and His God

Principles of Faith

Keriyat Shema—Covenant of Love between God and His People

The Poetics of the Shema and the Shemoneh Esrei

The Shemoneh Esrei Prayer: The Kedushah (Sanctification) and Ḥaninat Hada’at (God as Giver of Knowledge)

The Shemoneh Esrei Prayer—Requests by the Individual in the Assembly: Teshuvah (Repentance) and Forgiveness

The Shemoneh Esrei Prayer: Redemption, Healing, and Livelihood

The Shemoneh Esrei (Eighteen Benedictions) That Are Really Nineteen: Redemption from Deepening Exile

The Shemoneh Esrei—Responding in Anticipation of Complete Redemption

Types of Biblical Poetry as a Source of Prayer

Between the Poetry of Prophecy and Prayer

The Poetry of the Psalms: Personal-Soulful and Societal-Political Messages

Hymnal Song for the Sabbath Day. The “Sign” between God and His Treasured Nation and the Isolation from Christianity

Breaking the Boundary of Mystery between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Earth: Praying with Devekut (Adherence) and with Kavanah (Intention)

Epilogue: The Universality and Perpetuity of Moving from Slavery to Freedom and from Exile to Redemption

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Index

Erscheinungsdatum	31.08.2022
Einführung	Gershon Greenberg
Übersetzer	Gershon Greenberg
Zusatzinfo	Index; Glossary
Verlagsort	Brighton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	56 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-10	1-64469-865-X / 164469865X
ISBN-13	978-1-64469-865-5 / 9781644698655
Zustand	Neuware