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Every Person's Guide To Jewish Prayer »

Authors: Ronald H. Isaacs
ISBN-13: 9780765759641, ISBN-10: 0765759640
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: July 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Ronald H. Isaacs

Book Synopsis

This volume introduces readers, in a clear and user-friendly way, to the basic concepts of Jewish prayer and the prayerbook, and will serve as a personal reference for those who are looking to become more familiar with the ways in which Jewish prayer has developed.

	Introduction
	What Is Prayer?	1
	Prayer in the Bible	11
	Prayer in Rabbinic Thought	21
	Prayer in Medieval Thought, Kabbalah, and Chassidism	29
	The Language of Prayer	35
	Synagogue Geography	47
	Prayer Garments	55
	The Birth of the Prayerbook	71
	Genres of Prayer	79
	The Structure of the Prayer Service	99
	Daily Prayer Synopsis	107
	Sabbath and Festival Prayer Synoposis	139
	Responses in Prayer	157
	Specialized and Unusual Prayers	163
	Notable Prayer Quotations	183
	Prayer Glossary	207
	For Further Reading	215
	Index	217

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