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Liturgy in the life of the synagogue : studies in the history of Jewish prayer / edited by Ruth Langer and Steven Fine.

Contributor(s): Langer, Ruth, 1960- | Fine, Steven
Material type: TextTextSeries: Duke Judaic studies series: v. 2.Publisher: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005Description: xii, 280 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1575060973 (alk. paper); 9781575060972 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Judaism -- Liturgy -- History -- Congresses | Prayer -- Judaism -- History -- CongressesDDC classification: 296.4/5 LOC classification: BM660 | .L58 2005Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Blessing formulae and divine sovereignty in Rabbinic liturgy / Reuven Kimelman -- Liturgy and the art of the Dura Europos synagogue / Steven Fine -- Medieval French practice of repeating Qaddish and Barekhu for latecomers to Synagogue / Debra Reed Blank -- From manuscript codex to printed volume: a novel liturgical transition? / Stefan C. Reif -- Between worshiper and wall: the place of art in liturgical spaces / Vivian B. Mann -- Sinai, Zion, and God in the Synagogue: celebrating Torah in Ashkenaz / Ruth Langer -- "May he grow to Torah . . .": The iconography of Torah reading and Bar Mitzvah on Ashkenazi Torah binders / Naomi Feuchtwanger-Sarig -- Prayers in an Arab mode: liturgical performance of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn / Mark L. Kligman -- Jewish prayers for the United States Government: a study in the liturgy of politics and the politics of liturgy / Jonathan D. Sarna -- Piety of politics: Jewish prayers for the State of Israel / Joseph Tabory -- Birkat Naḥem: the politics of liturgy in modern Israel / Saul Philip Wachs.

Proceedings of a conference held at Baltimore Hebrew College on liturgy in the life of the synagogue.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Blessing formulae and divine sovereignty in Rabbinic liturgy / Reuven Kimelman -- Liturgy and the art of the Dura Europos synagogue / Steven Fine -- Medieval French practice of repeating Qaddish and Barekhu for latecomers to Synagogue / Debra Reed Blank -- From manuscript codex to printed volume: a novel liturgical transition? / Stefan C. Reif -- Between worshiper and wall: the place of art in liturgical spaces / Vivian B. Mann -- Sinai, Zion, and God in the Synagogue: celebrating Torah in Ashkenaz / Ruth Langer -- "May he grow to Torah . . .": The iconography of Torah reading and Bar Mitzvah on Ashkenazi Torah binders / Naomi Feuchtwanger-Sarig -- Prayers in an Arab mode: liturgical performance of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn / Mark L. Kligman -- Jewish prayers for the United States Government: a study in the liturgy of politics and the politics of liturgy / Jonathan D. Sarna -- Piety of politics: Jewish prayers for the State of Israel / Joseph Tabory -- Birkat Naḥem: the politics of liturgy in modern Israel / Saul Philip Wachs.

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