Siddur hatefillah : the Jewish prayer book : philosophy, poetry, and mystery / Eliezer Schweid ; translated and with an introduction by Gershon Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schweid, Eliezer, 1929-2022, author.

Contributor:

Greenberg, Gershon, translator, author of introduction.

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Standardized Title:

Sidur ha-tefilah. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Siddur.

Prayer--Judaism--History.

Prayer.

Prayer--Judaism--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2022.

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 $aninat 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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 21, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Schweid, Eliezer Siddur Hatefillah

ISBN:

9781644698662

1644698668

Publisher Number:

40031496015

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.