Studies in Jewish Prayer
Oxford University Press
Published on 12. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-19-929641-5 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is a collection of essays devoted to aspects of Jewish liturgy and devotion as represented by texts from three historical periods, namely, Second Temple times, the Rabbinic age, and the modern period. The first of these periods is particularly topical, since it covers the times during which the Dead Sea Scrolls were produced: the recent complete publication of these documents is currently bearing fruit in amazingly rich, varied, and substantial research activities with the Scrolls taking centre place and, since they bear witness to an early and formative stage in the development of Jewish forms of prayer and liturgy, they are well represented in this volume. Furthermore, scholarly interest in Jewish Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha continues to flourish: many of these compositions are represented in fragmentary form in Dead Sea Scrolls documents, their evidence for the forms, content, and themes of Jewish prayer offering valuable insights into the different approaches and attitudes to prayer which are now emerging from studies of Second Temple times. Aspects of prayer in Jesephus's writings are also analysed.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
B&W line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
443 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-929641-5 (9780199296415)
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PREFACE