The Rhetoric of the Jewish Liturgy

A Historical and Literary Commentary on the Daily Prayer Book

Reuven Kimelman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

464 Seiten

2026
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization (Verlag)
9781874774501 (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.

MAH TOVU

A Psychological Introduction to Prayer

ADON OLAM

A Theological Introduction to Prayer

PRELIMINARIES

Preparing the Mind and Body for Prayer

ASHREI

Psalm 145 and the Liturgy

PESUKEI DEZIMRA AND THE LITURGICAL USE OF SCRIPTURE

A Liturgy in the Making

THE SHEMA LITURGY

From Covenant Ceremony to Coronation

THE AMIDAH

The Literary Structure and the Rhetoric of Redemption

ALEINU

Meaning and Historical Context

KADDISH

Its Meaning in the Light of Its Origin

CULMINATION

The Liturgy as a Whole

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.8.2026
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-13	9781874774501 / 9781874774501
Zustand	Neuware