The experience of Jewish liturgy : studies dedicated to Menahem Schmelzer /

The experience of Jewish liturgy : studies dedicated to Menahem Schmelzer /

Menahem Schmelzer, widely recognized for his expertise in Jewish manuscripts and piyyut, has also influenced Jewish liturgical research of the past half century. This collection of sixteen academic studies, by Israeli, European, and American scholars, honors Schmelzer's contribution. The contri...

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Main Author: Blank, Debra Reed.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 31.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004222748.

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Schmelzer, Menahem, > 1934- > Contributions in Jewish liturgy.
Judaism > Liturgy > History and criticism.

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Call Number: BM660 .B58 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • The Curious Theological Grammar of Ga'al Yisra'el /
  • Debra Reed Blank
  • Seder Foods and Customs in Illuminated Medieval Haggadot /
  • Evelyn M. Cohen
  • "In the Last Benedictions He Resembles a Servant Who Has Received a Largess from His Master and Takes His Leave" (b. Ber. 34a) /
  • Uri Ehrlich
  • Moses Rimos: Poems and Recipes of a Jewish Physician in Italy /
  • Susan L. Einbinder
  • The Impact of Theology on Liturgical Change /
  • Neil Gillman
  • Hallel: A Liturgical Composition Celebrating the Exodus /
  • Reuven Hammer
  • U-n'taneh Tokef as a Midrashic Poem /
  • Reuven Kimelman
  • The Censorship of Aleinu in Ashkenaz and its Aftermath /
  • Ruth Langer
  • Dew of Rest: The World of Nature in Qallir's G'vurot shel Tal /
  • Laura Lieber
  • Iyyun t'fillah /
  • Dalia Marx
  • Qillirian Compositions for Double Liturgical Occasions: Linguistic and Iconic Aspects (Including an Appendix with Editions of Two New Shivatot for Shabbat and Pesaḥ) /
  • Michael Rand
  • Shabbethai Sofer of Przemysl on the Text of Mah nishtanah /
  • Stefan C. Reif
  • The Ascension of Moses in a Poem by Amittai ben Shephatiah /
  • Raymond P. Scheindlin
  • Piyut and Heikhalot: Recent Research and its Implications for the History of Ancient Jewish Liturgy and Mysticism /
  • Michael D. Swartz
  • The Early History of the Liturgy of Yom Kippur /
  • Joseph Tabory
  • How Music Articulates Liturgical Structure, Meaning, and Perception: The Kaddish /
  • Boaz Tarsi
  • Subject Index
  • Source Index.