Jewish and Christian Liturgy and Worship: New Insights Into Its History and Interaction

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-16201-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 767 g

Reihe: Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series

Presenting new insights into the history and interaction between Jewish and Christian liturgy and worship, the various contributions offer a deeper understanding of the identity of Judaism and Christianity. It addresses issues such as:

– Is the Eucharistic Prayer a ‘Berakha’ and what information is available for the reconstruction of the history of the Jewish ‘Grace after Meals’?
– How does Jewish liturgy rework the Bible, and are Christians and Jews using similar methods when they create liturgical poetry on the basis of a biblical text?
– Which texts of the Cairo Genizah are of direct importance for the history of Christian liturgies, and are Christian creeds in fact Prayers or Hymns?
– What does it mean that both Jews and Christians recite Isaiah's "Holy, Holy, Holy" at important points in their respective liturgies?

Questions like these brought together scholars and specialists from different disciplines to share their recent insights at a conference in Aachen, Germany, and to offer the reader a fascinating discourse on a broad range of aspects of Jewish and Christian liturgies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gerhards, Albert

Leonhard, Clemens

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Kult, Riten, Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christentum und Weltreligionen, Weltethos

Über Autor(innen)

Albert Gerhards (1951) is Professor for Liturgical Studies in Bonn, Germany. His range of publications covers topics pertaining to the major epochs of the history of Christian liturgies as well as liturgical theology, art, music and Jewish-Christian relations.
Clemens Leonhard (1967) is Professor for Liturgical Studies in Münster, Germany, and is involved in projects related to the liturgy and thought of Christianity and Judaism in Late Antiquity.