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Judaism and Hebrew Prayer: New Perspectives on Jewish Liturgical History » (New Edition)

Authors: Stefan C. Reif, Stefan C. Reif
ISBN-13: 9780521483414, ISBN-10: 0521483417
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: March 1995
Edition: New Edition

A scholarly but readable guide to the history of Jewish prayer from biblical times to the modern period.

Anyone interested in Jewish liturgy and its development will profit from this book.

	Preface
1	On Jewish liturgical research	1
2	The biblical inspiration	22
3	The early liturgy of the synagogue	53
4	Some liturgical issues in the talmudic sources	88
5	How the first Jewish prayer-book evolved	122
6	Authorities, rites and texts in the Middle Ages	153
7	From printed prayers to the spread of pietistic ones	207
8	The challenge of the modern world	256
9	A background to current developments	294
	Notes	332
	Select Bibliography	411
	Index of sources	422
	Index of prayers and rituals	428
	Index of names	430
	Index of subjects and rites	434