Problems with prayers : studies in the textual history of early rabbinic liturgy /

A follow-up to Stefan Reif's successful and acclaimed Judaism and Hebrew Prayer (1992). It summarizes twelve years of Jewish liturgical research, especially in the area of textual adjust-ments that are historically and theologically remarkable.

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Main Authors: Reif, Stefan C.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: De Gruyter,
Publisher Address: Berlin ; Boston :
Publication Dates: 2012.
©2006
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Studia judaica ; volume 37
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110895384
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Summary: A follow-up to Stefan Reif's successful and acclaimed Judaism and Hebrew Prayer (1992). It summarizes twelve years of Jewish liturgical research, especially in the area of textual adjust-ments that are historically and theologically remarkable.
Item Description: Includes indexes.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (ix, 369 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9783110895384
Index Number: BM660
CLC: B985
Contents: Frontmatter --
Preface --
Contents --
1. Introduction --
2. Liturgy in the Second Temple Period: Methodology --
3. Qumran Research and Rabbinic Liturgy --
4. Prayer in Ben Sira, Qumran and Second Temple Judaism --
5. Use of the Bible --
6. Priesthood in Early Sources --
7. The Theological Significance of the Shema --
8. Jerusalem --
9. Notions of Restoration --
10. Approaches to Sacrifices --
11 From Codex to LaTeX: The Physical Transmission --
12. Maimonides on the Prayers --
13. Modern Study of Medieval Liturgy --
14. Solomon Luria s Prayer-book --
15. Truth and faith in Genizah Manuscripts --
16. Al Ha-Nissim : Its Emergence and Textual Evolution --
17. A Well-Known Hymn in Aramaic Guise --
18. A Genizah Fragment of Grace After Meals --
Indexes --
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