The Rhetoric of Jewish Liturgy

A Historical and Literary Commentary on the Daily Prayer Book

Reuven Kimelman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

464 Seiten

2024
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization (Verlag)
978-1-874774-50-1 (ISBN)

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The Rhetoric of the Jewish Liturgy is the first comprehensive academic study of its kind in over a century. It integrates material from biblical literature, Second Temple literature - including the Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran and Jewish Hellenistic literature - rabbinic literature, early Christian literature, the Cairo Genizah, classical piyut, and medieval manuscripts and commentary, along with modern philological, literary, and historical research. Since the liturgy reflects the history of Judaism, its study becomes an expedition through the pathways of Jewish history and thoughtfrom biblical to modern times. By integrating historical, literary, and theological perspectives, this study succeeds in clarifying many heretofore obscure liturgical issues.

Reuven Kimelman is Professor of Classical Judaica at Brandeis University and rabbi of the Beth Abraham Sephardic Congregation of New England. He is the author of The Mystical Meaning of ‘Lekhah Dodi’ and ‘Kabbalat Shabbat’ (Hebrew; 2003) and a contributor to The Cambridge History of Judaism and The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology.

1. MAH
TOVU

A Psychological Introduction to Prayer

2. ADON OLAM

Theological Introduction to Prayer

3. PRELIMINARIES

Preparing the Mind and Body for Prayer

4. ASHREI

Psalm 145 as Liturgy

5. PESUKEI DE-ZIMRA AND THE LITURGICAL USE OF SCRIPTURE

A Liturgy in the Making

6. THE SHEMA LITURGY

From Covenant Ceremony to Coronation

7. THE AMIDAH

Literary Structure and the Rhetoric of Redemption

8. ALEINU

Meaning and Historical Context

9. KADDISH

Its Meaning in the Light of Its Origin

10. CONCLUSION

The Liturgy as a Whole

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.2024
Reihe/Serie	The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	219 x 276 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-874774-50-1 / 1874774501
ISBN-13	978-1-874774-50-1 / 9781874774501
Zustand	Neuware