| Description |
1 online resource (504 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Hebrew University Professor and Israel Prize recipient Emeritus Eliezer Schweid (1929-2022), widely recognized a one of the greatest historians of Jewish thought of our era, probes texts of the Jewish prayer book which process religious philosophical teaching into the language of prayer. With the addition of historical, philological, and literary contexts, the volume provides the reader with first-time access to the comprehensive meaning of prayer. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator's Acknowledgements -- Translator's Introduction: Eliezer Schweid as Worshipper in the State of Israel -- Author's Preface: My Path to the Jewish Prayer Book (Siddur Hatefillah) -- Introduction: The Siddur (Jewish Prayer Book): Its Sources, Goal, and Theological Basis -- 1. Worship of God and the Process of the Sacred Congregation's Formation and Expression -- 2. Prayer as a Form of Primal Expression of the Human Soul -- 3. Torah and Prayer: The Problem of Love and Sin in the Relations between God and the Human Being -- 4. The "Name and Kingship" Blessing as the Fundamental Rubric of Standing before God in Prayer -- 5. Establishing the Covenant of Faith between the Individual Human Being and His God -- 6. Principles of Faith -- 7. The Keriyat Shema: The Covenant of Love between God and His People -- 8. The Poetics of the Shema and the Shemoneh Esrei -- 9. The Shemoneh Esrei Prayer: The Kedushah (Sanctification) and Ḥaninat Hada'at (God as Giver of Knowledge) -- 10. The Shemoneh Esrei Prayer -- Requests by the Individual in the Assembly: Teshuvah (Repentance) and Forgiveness -- 11. The Shemoneh Esrei Prayer: Redemption, Healing, and Livelihood -- 12. The Shemoneh Esrei (Eighteen Benedictions) That Are Really Nineteen: Redemption from Deepening Exile -- 13. The Shemoneh Esrei -- Responding in Anticipation of Complete Redemption -- 14. Types of Biblical Poetry as a Source of Prayer -- 15. Between the Poetry of Prophecy and Prayer -- 16. The Poetry of the Psalms: Personal-Soulful and Societal-Political Messages -- 17. Hymnal Song for the Sabbath Day. The "Sign" between God and His Treasured Nation and the Isolation from Christianity -- 18. Breaking the Boundary of Mystery between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Earth: Praying with Devekut (Adherence) and with Kavanah (Intention) -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Index -- INDEX LOCORUM |
| Language |
Text in English, translated from Hebrew. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Siddur.
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Siddur. |
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Prayer -- Judaism -- History.
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Prayer -- Judaism -- Philosophy.
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RELIGION / Prayer. |
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Prayer -- Judaism. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Greenberg, Gershon, translator, author of introduction.
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| Added Title |
Sidur ha-tefilah. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schweid, Eliezer Siddur Hatefillah Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press,c2022 |
| ISBN |
9781644698662 electronic book |
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1644698668 electronic book |
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9781644698679 (electronic bk.) |
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1644698676 (electronic bk.) |
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9781644698655 |
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164469865X |
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