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theologie, een bibliografie bij een cursus van Ruth Langer
 
 Teksten
  Reuven Hammer, Entering Jewish Prayer: Guide to Personal Devotion 
and the Worship Service Schocken Books, 1995 ISBN 0805210229, BM660.H27 1994 ($11.20 
on Amazon) [EJP]  Reuven Hammer, Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom 
for Shabbat and Festivals (Rabbinical Assembly, 2003) ISBN 0916219208 ($45) [OH] 
 The Jewish Study Bible, ed. Adele Berlin, Marc Brettler (Oxford, 2003) 
ISBN 0195297547 (paperback, Amazon lists for $29.99 new)  Joseph B. Soloveitchik, 
Worship of the Heart: Essays on Jewish Prayer, ed. Shalom Carmy (Ktav, Toras Harav, 
2003) ISBN 0-88125-771-0
 
 Introductie.
 Voorlopers in offerdienst en in 
woorddienst: de Joodse eredienst in de Tweede Tempel periode - de Bijbel en Qumran
 Teksten::
 o 
Exodus 25-30:10, 31:12-16, 34:18-28; Leviticus 10-10, 16, 23, Deuteronomium 16; 
I Koningen 6-9
 o Misjna tamid in Neusner, De Misjna: een nieuwe vertaling , 
862-873. BM497.5 E5 N48 1988
 o EP Sanders, het jodendom: Praktijk en overtuiging, 
63BCE-66CE, 47-118, 306-314. BM176.S257 1992
 o Joseph Tabory ", de voorlopers 
van de 'Amida," in Identitaet durch Gebet ..., uitg. Gerhards
 et.al. (Paderborn: 
Ferdinand Schoeningh, 2003), +113-125 (of idem, "Ma'amadot: Een Tweede Tempel 
Niet-
 
   Te lezen:  Exodus 25-30:10, 31:12-16, 34:18-28; Leviticus 
1-10, 16, 23; Deuteronomy 16; I Kings 6-9
  Mishnah Tamid, in Neusner, 
The Mishnah: A New Translation , 862-873. BM497.5 E5 N48 1988
  E.P. 
Sanders, Judaism: Practice and Belief, 63BCE-66CE, 47-118, 306-314. BM176.S257 
1992
  Joseph Tabory, "The Precursors of the 'Amidah," in Identitaet 
durch Gebet..., ed. Gerhards et.al.(Paderborn: Ferdinand Schoeningh, 2003), 113-125 
(or idem, "Ma'amadot: A Second Temple Non-Temple Liturgy, in Liturgical Perspectives: 
Prayer and Poetry in LIght of the Dead Sea Scrolls, ed.Esther Chazon (Brill, 2003), 
235-261 [rest of volume recommended too]).
 -Temple Liturgie, in liturgische 
vooruitzichten:Bidden en Poëzie in het licht van de Dode Zeerollen, Ed.
 Esther 
Chazon (Brill, 2003), 235-261 [rest van het volume wordt aanbevolen te]).
  
Selections from James R. Davila, Liturgical Works: Eerdmans Commentaries on the 
Dead Sea Scrolls (2000): 216-219 (Daily Prayers); 239-266 (Divrei HaMe'orot, Words 
of the Luminaries) Please bring all primary texts to class.Bibliography for further 
reading:
  Stefan C. Reif, Judaism and Hebrew Prayer, Ch. 2, "The 
Biblical Inspiration." BM660.R45 1993  Moshe Greenberg, Biblical Prose 
Prayer as a Window to the Popular Religion of Ancient Israel
  Menahem 
Haran, Temples and Temple Service in Ancient Israel Israel Knohl, The Sanctuary 
of Silence: The Priestly Torah and the Holiness School
  Yehezkel Kaufman, 
The Religion of Israel
  Prayer from Alexander to Constantine: A Critical 
Anthology, ed. Mark Kiley et. al., BL560.P67 1997
  Bilhah Nitzan, Qumran 
Prayer and Religious Poetry
  Daniel Falk, Daily, Sabbath, and Festival 
Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls
  Center for the Study of the Dead Sea 
Scrolls and Associated Literature - some pictures, and links to all academic resources 
on the internet on the DSS.
  Judith Newman, Praying by the Book
  
Prayers That Cite Scripture, ed. James L. Kugel, essays by Newman and Chazon.
 o 
Selecties van James R. Davila, liturgische werken: Eerdmans Commentaren op de 
Dode Zee Rollen
 (2000): 216-219 (dagelijkse gebeden); 239-266 (Bobov HaMe'orot, 
Woorden van de Verlichting)
 Houdt u er voor zorgen dat alle primaire teksten 
naar de klas.
 Bibliografie voor verder te lezen:
 o Stefan C. Reif, het Jodendom 
en Hebreeuws gebed, Ch. 2, "De Bijbelse inspiratie." BM660.R45 1993
 o 
Moshe Greenberg, Bijbelse Proza gebed als een venster op de volks-godsdienst van 
het Oude Israël
 o Menahem Haran, tempels en de Tempel Service in het oude 
Israël
 o Israël Knohl, Het Heiligdom van Stilte: De priesterlijke 
Thora en de Heiligheid School
 o Yehezkel Kaufman, De godsdienst van Israël
 o 
Gebed van Alexander Constantijn: A Critical Anthology, uitg. Mark Kiley et. Al., 
BL560.P67 1997
 o Bilha Nitzan, Qumran Gebed en religieuze poëzie
 o 
Daniel Falk, Daily, sabbat, en Festival Gebeden in de Dode Zee Rollen
 o
 Centrum 
voor de Studie van de Dode Zee Rollen en de geassocieerde Literatuur - enkele 
foto's, en links naar alle
 academische bronnen op het internet op de Dead Sea 
Scrolls.
 o Judith Newman, Bidden door het Boek
 o Gebeden dat de Schrift 
Cite, Ed. James L. Kugel, essays van Newman en Chazon.
 
   -De synagoge als 
een instelling
 Te lezen:
  Hammer EJP, Ch. 4  Sacred Place: 
The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World, ed. Steven Fine (Oxford and 
Yeshiva University Presses, 1996), Ch. 1. Eric M. Meyers, "Ancient Synagogues: 
An ArchaeologicalIntroduction," pp. 3-20; Ch. 2, Steven Fine, "From 
Meeting House to Sacred Realm: Holiness and the Ancient Synagogue," pp. 21-47.
  Reuven Kimelman, "Rabbinic Prayer in Late Antiquity, Part II: 
The Synagogue and Prayer," in The Cambridge History of Judaism, Part IV: 
The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period, ed. Steven T. Katz(Cambridge, 2006), pp. 573-580. 
Bibliography for further reading:
  Lee I. Levine, The Ancient Synagogue 
(Yale University Press, 2000) [the definitive work to date on all aspects of the 
topic]
  Steven Fine, This Holy Place: On the Sanctity of the Synagogue 
during the Greco-Roman Period (Notre Dame, 1997)  Steven Fine, ed., Sacred 
Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World (Yeshiva University, 
1996)
  Steven Fine, ed., Jews, Christians and Polytheists in the Ancient 
Synagogue (1999)
  Philip A. Harland, Associations, Synagogues and Congregations: 
Claiming a Place in Ancient Mediterranean Society (Augsburg/Fortress, 2003)
  
Dan Urman and Paul V.M. Flesher, eds., Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis 
and Archaeological Discovery (recent anthology of most important articles, many 
otherwise not in English.) IV. 2/5
 Oorsrong en Ontwikkeling van de Rabbijnse 
Liturgie: Structuren en Patronen:  Hammer EJP, Chs. 3, 5.
  
SKIM the Weekday Evening Service in Hammer OH, pp. 281-298, to get a sense of 
the flow of the prayers. We will return to the details and commentary in coming 
weeks.
  Ruth Langer, To Worship God Properly: Tensions Between Liturgical 
Custom and Halakhah in Judaism (Cincinnati, 1998), Ch. 1, "The Creation of 
a Valid Non-Sacrificial Liturgy," pp. 1-40.  Ruth Langer, "Revisiting 
Early Rabbinic Liturgy: The Recent Contributions of Ezra Fleischer," Prooftexts 
19:2 (1999): 179-204. Bibliography for further reading:  Reif, Judaism and 
Hebrew Prayer, Chs. 3-4.
  Joseph Heinemann, Prayer in the Talmud: Forms 
and Patterns, Chs. III, IV (highly recommended: Chs. I, II, XI and the entire 
book) BM660.H4613 1977
  Lawrence A. Hoffman, The Canonization of the 
Synagogue Service
 De Shema en de zegeningen: EJP Ch. 8, 121-155.
  OH xxi-xxiv, 28-34, 107-114.
  Mishnah Berakhot, Ch. 1-3, 
in Neusner, The Mishnah...3-7. BM497.5 E5 N48 1988
  Reuven Kimelman, 
"The Shema` and its Rhetoric: The Case for the Shema` Being Morethan Creation, 
Revelation and Redemption," Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy2 (1992): 
111-156.
  Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Worship of the Heart: Essays on Jewish 
Prayer, ed. ShalomCarmy (Ktav, Toras Harav, 2003), Chs. 7, 8, 9, pp. 107-143. 
Bibliography for further reading -- relevant sections of the following:
  
Elie Munk, The World of Prayer
  Ismar Elbogen, Jewish Liturgy: A Comprehensive 
History BM660.E513 1993  B.S. Jacobson, Weekday Siddur: An Exposition and 
Analysis of Its Structure, Content,Language, and Ideas BM675.D3 Z813 1978
  
Lawrence A. Hoffman, ed., My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, ModernCommentaries 
(eight volumes) VII.,VIII. 2/26,3/11 The Amidah, Weekday, Sabbath, and Festival 
Readings for class -- this week and week VIII:
  EJP Ch. 9, 156-197
  
OH xxiv-xxvi, 3a-9, 35a-38, 115a-120, 123a-128, 156a-161 (glance also at 168-175), 
236.
  Mishnah Berakhot, Ch. 4-5, in Neusner, The Mishnah...7-9. BM497.5 
E5 N48 1988  Reuven Kimelman, "The Literary Structure of the Amidah 
and the Rhetoric of Redemption," in The Echoes of Many Texts: Reflection 
on Jewish and Christian Traditions, Essays in Honor of Lou H.Silberman (Scholars 
Press, 1997): 171-218.
  Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Worship of the Heart: 
Essays on Jewish Prayer, ed. Shalom Carmy (Ktav, Toras Harav, 2003), Chs. 2, 6, 
10 Bibliography for further reading:
  As listed in the previous unit
  Ruth Langer, "The Amidah as Formative Jewish Prayer," in 
Identität durch Gebet: Zur gemeinschaftsbildenden Funktion institutionalisierten 
Betens in Judentum und Christentum, ed. AlbertGerhards, Andrea Doeker and Peter 
Ebenbauer (Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2003), 127-156.
  Ruth 
Langer, "Early Rabbinic Liturgy in its Palestinian Milieu: Did Non-Rabbis 
Know the 'Amidah?" in
 When Judaism and Christianity Began:
 Essays 
in Memory of Anthony J. Saldarini, ed. Alan A. Avery-Peck, Daniel Harrington, 
Jacob Neusner (Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2004), II: 423-439. 3/5BC Spring Break - 
No ClassIX. 3/19 Reading and Preaching Torah Readings for class:
  Mishnah 
Megillah Ch. 3-4. in Neusner, The Mishnah
320-324. BM497.5 E5 N48 1988  
OH 139-154.
  Ruth Langer, "From Study of Scripture to a Reenactment 
of Sinai: The Emergence of the Synagogue Torah Service," Worship 72:1 (January 
1998): 43-67
  Jewish Study Bible, David Stern, "Midrash and Midrashic 
Interpretation", 1863-1875; Avigdor Shinan, "The Bible in the Synagogue," 
1929-1937; Stefan C. Reif, "The Bible in the Liturgy," 1937-1948.
  
Marc Saperstein, Your Voice is Like a Ram's Horn: Themes and Texts in Traditional 
Jewish Preaching (Hebrew Union College Press, 1996), Ch. 1, "'Your Voice 
is Like a Ram's Horn': Conceptions of JewishPreaching," 1-10; Ch. 2 "Preaching 
for Pesach," 11-22 Bibliography for further reading:
  Marc Saperstein, 
Jewish Preaching: 1200-1800 (Yale)
  David Ruderman, Preachers of the 
Italian Ghetto
  Ruth Langer, "Sinai, Zion, and God in the Synagogue: 
The Ashkenazi Celebration of Torah," in Liturgy and the Life of the Synagogue:Studies 
in the History of Jewish Prayer , ed. Steven Fine and RuthLanger (Eisenbrauns, 
2005)  Midrash: a huge literature -- ask if you are interested! X. 3/26 
Introductory Prayers and Psalms (Pesukei d'Zimra, Hallel, Kabbalat Shabbat) Readings 
for class:
  EJP, Chs. 7, "Preparation for Prayer"; 12, "Garments 
of Prayer"; 11, "Sabbath and Holidays"  OH 61-106, 132-137, 
13-27 Bibliography for further reading:
  As listed in the Shema unit
  Joseph Tabory, "The Benedictions of Self-Identity and the Changing 
Status of Women and of Orthodoxy," Kenishta 1 (2001): 107-138.
  
Yoel Kahn, The three morning blessings '...who did not make me...': A historical 
study of a Jewish liturgical text (PhD diss., Graduate Theological Union, 1999) 
--
 
  Reuven Kimelman, "Psalm 145: Theme, Structure, and Impact" 
Journal of Biblical Literature 113,1 (1994): 37-58 (available online through BC)
  Prayers that Cite Scripture, ed. Kugel, essay by Brody, "Liturgical 
Uses of the Book of Psalms in the Geonic Period." XI. 4/2 Supplicatory Prayers 
(Tahanun, Selihot, Tkhines) Readings for class:
  Prayer texts (pdfs)
  Soloveitchik, Chs.2 "Prayer, Petition and Crisis," 3 "The 
Human Condition and Prayer", 5 "The Absence of God and the Community 
of Prayer."
  Chava Weissler, Voices of the Matriarchs: Listening 
to the Prayers of Early Modern Jewish Women (Beacon, 1998), Ch. 1 "The Tkhines: 
An Introduction", pp. 3-35, 192-205. Bibliography for further reading:
  
Seeking the Favor of God -- 3 volumes on the development of penitential prayer 
from the SBL, from the Second Temple period through early Judaism and Christianity. 
4/9,4/16 Passover and Easter Break - No Class - Passover begins on Wednesday evening 
April 8 (15 Nisan) and ends at dark, Thursday evening April 16 (22Nisan). The 
first two days and the last two days are holy days. XII. 4/23 Home Rituals, Passover 
Seder Readings for class:
  Mishnah Berakhot, Ch. 6-7, in Neusner, The 
Mishnah... 9-12. BM497.5 E5 N48 1988  OH 301-350, 299-300  EJP, Ch. 
13 "The Blessing After Meals"
  Mishnah Pesahim Ch. 10
  
Passover Haggadah Bibliography for further reading:
  Barukh M. Bokser, 
The Origins of the Seder: The Passover Rite and Early Rabbinic Judaism BM695.P35 
B64 1984.  Noam Zion and David Dishon, A Different Night: The Family Participation 
Haggadah (Shalom Hartman Institute)
  Ruth Gruber Fredman, The Passover 
Seder: Afikoman in Exile
 
  Isaac Yerushalmi, Haggadah and History
  
Ruth Langer, "Prayer and Worship" in Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide 
(Oxford, 2005)
  Stefan Reif, Judaism and Hebrew Prayer, Ch. 8-9.
  
Joseph Tabory, "The Prayer for the State of Israel," in Liturgy and 
the Life of the Synagogue, ed. Langer and Fine (Eisenbrauns, 2005) Bibliography 
for further reading:
  Jakob J. Petuchowski, Prayerbook Reform in Europe: 
The Liturgy of European Liberal and Reform Judaism
  Eric Friedland, 
Were Our Mouths Filled with Song: Studies in Liberal Jewish Liturgy
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