Liturgical perspectives : prayer and poetry in light of the Dead Sea scrolls : proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 19-23 January, 2000 / edited by Esther G. Chazon, with the collaboration of Ruth Clements & Avital Pinnick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature. International Symposium (5th : 2000)

Contributor:

Chazon, Esther G.

Clements, Ruth.

Pinnick, Avital.

Series:

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah 0169-9962 ; v. 48.

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; v. 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Judaism--Liturgy--Congresses.

Judaism.

Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew--West Bank--Qumran Site--History and criticism--Congresses.

Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew.

Judaism--Liturgy.

West Bank--Qumran Site.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Contents:

Qumran Laments and the Study of Lament Literature / Adele Berlin 1

Poetry and Prose in 4Q371-373 Narrative and Poetic Composition[superscript a,b,c] / Moshe J. Bernstein 19

Human and Angelic Prayer in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Esther G. Chazon 35

Qumran and the Roots of the Rosh Hashanah Liturgy / Torleif Elgvin 49

Apotropaic Prayers in the Second Temple Period / Esther Eshel 69

Another Fragment (3a) of 4QShirot 'Olat HaShabbat[superscript b] (4Q401) / Hanan Eshel 89

A Temple Prayer for Fast-Days / David Levine 95

Prayers for Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Traditional Jewish Liturgy / Bilhah Nitzan 113

The Second Temple Period, Qumran Research, and Rabbinic Liturgy: Some Contextual and Linguistic Comparisons / Stefan C. Reif 133

Communal Prayer at Qumran and Among the Rabbis: Certainties and Uncertainties / Richard S. Sarason 151

Some Reflections on the Function and Use of Poetical Texts Among the Dead Sea Scrolls / Eileen M. Schuller 173

The Number of Psalms in 1QHodayot[superscript a] and Some of Their Sections / Hartmut Stegemann 191

Ma'amadot: A Second Temple Non-Temple Liturgy / Joseph Tabory 235

The Litany "Our God in Heaven" and Its Precedents in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Moshe Weinfeld 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9004121625

OCLC:

51647850