The experience of Jewish liturgy [electronic resource] : studies dedicated to Menahem Schmelzer / by Debra Reed Blank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blank, Debra Reed.

Series:

Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 31.

The Brill reference library of Judaism, 1571-5000 ; v. 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Liturgy--History and criticism.

Judaism.

Schmelzer, Menahem, 1934-2022--Contributions in Jewish liturgy.

Schmelzer, Menahem.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 contributors represent three generations, and their topics and methods testify to the vast subject area that Jewish liturgy has become. The articles explore a wide variety of texts and ritual occasions, the relationship between text and worship experience, and implications for related areas such as mysticism; most apply the methods of other subject areas such as liguistics to liturgical study and its implications for related fields. \'...this volume, as a whole, is as much a testimony to the enduring centrality of the librarian in scholarship as it is a collection of essays on \'the experience of Jewish liturgy.\' Wide ranging in scope, these essays are an accurate snapshot of the state of research, illustrating the wealth of material awaiting publication, the need for revisiting prior assumptions, and also the limits of our scholarship.\' Yoel Kahn, Congregation Beth El, Berkeley

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.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

9786613470577

1-283-47057-8

90-04-20803-8

OCLC:

775302050

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004201354.i-356 DOI