Jews, Bible and prayer : essays on Jewish Biblical exegesis and liturgical notions / Stefan C. Reif.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reif, Stefan C., author.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Volume 498.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; Volume 498

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prayer--Judaism.

Prayer.

Judaism--Liturgy.

Judaism.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In his articles Stefan Reif’s articles have dealt with Jewish biblical exegesis and the close analysis of the evolution of Jewish prayer texts. Some fourteen of these that appeared in various collective volumes are here made more easily available, together with a major new study of Numbers 13, an introduction and extensive indexes. Reif attempts to establish whether there is any linguistic, literary and exegetical value in the traditional Jewish interpretation of the Hebrew Bible for the modern scientific approach to such texts and whether such an approach itself is always free of theological bias. He demonstrates how Jewish liturgical texts may illuminate religious teachings about wisdom, history, peace, forgiveness, and divine metaphors. Also clarified in these essays are notions of David, Greek and Hebrew, divine metaphors, and the liturgical use of the Hebrew Bible.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1 The Damascus Document from the Cairo Genizah: Its Discovery, Early Study and Historical Significance

2 Aspects of the Jewish Contribution to Biblical Interpretation

3 Early Rabbinic Exegesis of Genesis 38

4 The Classical Jewish Commentators on Exodus 2

5 Medieval Jewish Commentators on Numbers 13

6 Psalm 93: An Historical and Comparative Survey of its Jewish Interpretations

7 Some Comments on the Connotations of the Stem גער in Early Rabbinic Texts

8 On some Connotations of the Word Ma‘aseh

9 How did Early Judaism Understand the Concept of ‘Avodah?

10 Wisdom Traditions in Some Early Rabbinic Prayers?

11 The Figure of David in Early Jewish Prayer

12 The Function of History in Early Rabbinic Liturgy

13 Peace in Early Jewish Prayer

14 The ‘Amidah Benediction on Forgiveness: Links between its Theology and its Textual Evolution

15 The Fathership of God in Early Rabbinic Liturgy

16 Some Divine Metaphors in Early Rabbinic Liturgy

Index of Names

Index of Sources

Index of subjects, rites and prayers

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 26, 2017).

ISBN:

9783110486704

3110486709

9783110485851

3110485850

OCLC:

986799561