Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah: A Selection of Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, Introduced, Transcribed, Translated, and Annot

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-31331-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Hebrew, Band 66, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 610 g

Reihe: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval / Cambridge Genizah Studies

Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah, which sets a new tone for future studies, consists of a selection of transcribed and translated Genizah fragments that contain some of the earliest known texts of rabbinic prayers. Reif describes in detail the physical makeup of each manuscript and assesses the manner in which the scribe has tackled the matter of recording a preferred version. He then places the prayer texts included in the manuscript within the context of Jewish liturgical history, explaining the degree to which they were innovative and whether they established precedents to be followed in later prayer-books. He offers specialists and more general readers a fresh understanding of the historical, theological, linguistic, and social factors that may have motivated adjustments to their liturgical formulations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reif, Stefan C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Mittelalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. T-S G1.78: Natronai’s Hundred Blessings
2. T-S NS 123.12: Preliminary Readings and Prayers
3. T-S H18.4: Poetic ‘Amida
4. Or.1080 3.2: ‘Amida with Strong Emotions
5. Add.3160.2: Evening Prayer and Bibliographical Crux
6. T-S NS 123.92: Weekday and Shabbat Eves Compared
7. T-S 8H16.23: Differences on Friday Evenings
8. T-S NS 299.150: Polemical Reading against Karaites
9. Add.3159.4: Shabbat Beginnings and Endings
10. T-S 6H6.6: folio 4: Qaddish in Strange Form
11. T-S NS 235.171: Musaf for Rosh Hodesh
12. Add.3160.9: Rosh Hodesh to Rosh Ha-Shana
13. T-S 10H3.4 and T-S NS 235.157a & 157b: Prayers for Rosh Hodesh and Musaf for Rosh Ha-Shana
14. T-S 8H23.2: Prayers for Rosh Ha-Shana
15. T-S H8.79: Verses and Musaf for Rosh Ha-Shana
16. T-S NS 155.1: Ways to Start Yom Kippur
17. T-S 10H4.1: Shemini ‘Aseret’s Own Rite
18. T-S H2.124: Special Qiddush for Pesah
19. T-S H2.152: Ma Nishtana in Five
20. Add.3159.13: Haggada before Meal
21. T-S 8H24.3: Prayers for Pesah
22. T-S NS 89.36: Additions for Hanukka
23. T-S NS 196.66: Haftara Blessings
24. Or.1080 15.4 & T-S AS 110.359: Unusual Grace
25. T-S NS 123.31: Instructions in Aramaic
List of Works Cited and Abbreviations
Indexes
Sources
Names
Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Stefan C. Reif is Emeritus Professor of Medieval Hebrew Studies and Fellow of St John's College in the University of Cambridge. He was the Founding Director of the Genizah Research Unit at Cambridge University Library (1973-2006) and is the author of many publications.