How do Jews pray and why? What do the prayers mean? From where did this liturgy come and what challenges does it face today? Such questions and many more, spanning the centuries and continents, have driven the study of Jewish liturgy. But just as the liturgy has changed over time, so too have the questions asked, the people asking them, and the methods used to address them.
Jewish Liturgy: A Guide to Research enables the reader to access the rich bibliography now available in English. In this volume, Ruth Langer, an expert on Jewish liturgy, provides an annotated description of the most important books and articles on topics ranging historically from the liturgy of the Second Temple period and the Dead Sea Scrolls to today, addressing the synagogue itself and those gathered in it; the daily, weekly, and festival liturgies and their components; home rituals and the life cycle; as well as questions of liturgical performance and theology. Introductions to every section orient the reader and provide necessary background.
Christians seeking to understand Jewish liturgy, either that of Jesus and the early church or that of their Jewish contemporaries, will find this volume invaluable. It's also an important reference for anyone seeking to understand how Jews worship God and how that worship has evolved over time.
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Ruth Langer is professor of Jewish studies in the Theology Department at Boston College and associate director of its Center for ChristianJewish Learning. She received her rabbinic ordination and PhD from Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati. She publishes widely in the fields of Jewish liturgy and ChristianJewish relations.
Inhalt
1 Introduction
1.1 This Bibliography and Additional Resources
1.2 Hebrew Transliteration
1.2.1 Consonants
1.2.2.Vowels
1.3 Introduction to Rabbinic Literature
1.3.1 Halakhic Literature
1.3.1.1 Mishnah Translations
1.3.1.2 Talmud Translations
1.3.1.2.1 Babylonian Talmud
1.3.1.2.2 Jerusalem Talmud
1.3.2 Midrash
1.4 Historical Overview of Rabbinic Liturgy
1.5 The Structure of the Prayer Book
1.5.1 The Berakhah
1.5.1.1 God's Name
1.5.2 Preliminary Prayers
1.5.3 The Recitation of Shema
1.5.4 The Amidah
1.5.5 Taanun/Supplicatory Prayers
1.5.6 Reading Scripture
1.5.7 Concluding Prayers
1.6 Chronological Overview of Key Trends in Jewish Liturgical Scholarship
1.6.1 Recent Bibliographic Overviews of Scholarship on Rabbinic Liturgy
1.7 Comprehensive Studies
1.7.1 Monographs
1.7.1.1 Entry-level Texts
1.7.1.2 Texts for More Advanced Study
1.7.2 Collections of Scholarly Articles
1.7.3 Overview Essays
1.7.4 Collections of Prayer Texts
2 Second Temple-Era Liturgy and Worship
2.1 In General
2.1.1 Prayer Texts
2.1.2 Secondary Discussions
2.1.3 Penitential Prayer
2.2 Dead Sea Scrolls
2.2.1 General Resources
2.2.2 Qumran Prayer Texts
2.2.3 Secondary Discussions: General
2.2.3.1 Monographs
2.2.3.2 Collections of Articles
2.2.3.3 Overview Articles
2.2.4 Secondary Discussions: Specific Issues
2.2.4.1 Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of Rabbinic Liturgy
2.2.4.1.1 Angelic Liturgy
2.2.4.1.2 Petitionary and Penitential Prayer
2.2.4.2 Rituals and Liturgies for Specific Seasons
2.2.4.3 Relationship to the Jerusalem Temple
2.3 Philo
2.4 Josephus
2.5 Temple Worship
2.5.1 Temple Rituals
2.5.2 Rabbinic(-Type) Liturgy in the Temple
2.5.3 Ritual Responses to the Loss of the Temple
2.6 Prayer Language
2.6.1 Hebrew, Greek, and/or Aramaic?
2.6.2 Composition of Prayers
3 The Synagogue as an Institution
3.1 General Bibliography
3.1.1 Monographs
3.1.2 Collections of Articles
3.1.3 Overview Articles
3.2 Origins
3.2.1 The Second Temple-Era Synagogue
3.2.2 Associations
3.3 Early Christian Intersections
3.4 Late-Antique Synagogues
3.4.1 In the Land of Israel
3.4.1.1 Sepphoris
3.4.2 In the Diaspora
3.4.2.1 Dura Europos
3.4.2.2 Ostia Antiqua
3.4.2.3 Sardis
3.4.3 Samaritan Synagogues
3.5 Medieval and Modern Synagogues
3.6 Synagogue and Temple post 70 CE
3.7 Synagogue Art, Architecture, and Ritual Objects
3.7.1 Late-Antique Synagogue Art
3.7.2 Medieval and Modern Synagogue Art and Architecture
3.7.3 Specific Elements
3.7.3.1 Architectural Elements: Torah Ark, Bimah, etc.
3.7.3.2 Menorah
3.7.3.3 Seat of Moses
3.7.3.4 Zodiac
3.8 Women in the Synagogue
3.8.1 Meitzah
3.8.2 In Ancient Synagogues
3.8.3 In Medieval to Pre-20th c. Synagogues
3.8.4 In Contemporary Synagogues
3.9 Liturgical Functionaries
4 The Historical Emergence of Jewish Liturgy
4.1 Liturgy in the Era of the Tannaim and Amoraim (Mishnah and Talmud)
4.2 Medieval Liturgy
4.2.1 Geonic (Early Medieval) Liturgy
4.2.1.1. Seder Rav Amram Gaon
4.2.1.2 Geniza Texts
4.2.2 High Medieval Liturgy
4.2.2.1 Moses Maimonides
4.2.2.2 Prayer Books and their Evolution
4.2.2.3 European Rites
4.3 Modernity
4.3.1 Early Modern Liturgy
4.3.2 Contemporary Rites and Movements
4.3.2.1 Orthodox
4.3.2.1.1 Ashkenazi Rite
4.3.2.1.1.1 Minhag Ashkenaz (Ashkenazi Custom)
4.3.2.1.1.2 Nusa S'fard (Sefardi Rite)
4.3.2.1.2 Minhag Sefarad: Iberian Rites
4.3.2.1.2.1 Eastern Sefardi (Mizrai)
4.3.2.1.2.2. Spanish and Portuguese
4.3.2.1.3 Italian
4.3.2.2 Reform Judais...