Daniel Sperber

Gebundenes Buch

On Changes in Jewish Liturgy: Options and Limitations

Beschreibung

This book demonstrates the complexity, fluidity and variety in Jewish liturgy, and discusses the possible parameters of change, be it in additions, deletions, alterations, and/or corrections, so as to reflect the contemporary situation and its sensitivities. It will stimulate thought and discussion and lead to a deeper appreciation of the nature of the liturgy, and an ability to find greater meaning in prayer.

Autor

Daniel Sperber is a leading scholar of Jewish law, customs, and ethics. He has taught in the Talmud department of Bar-Ilan University, was the dean of the faculty of Jewish studies, and serves as the president of the Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studies. The incumbent of the Milan Roven Chair of Talmudic Research, he received the Israel Prize in 1992 for his research in Talmud and the history of Jewish customs, and served as the chairman of the Council for Religious Education at the Israel Ministry of Education for a decade. He has published 30 books--including a well-known eight-volume series, Minhagei Yisrael, on the history of Jewish customs--and more than 400 articles on the subjects of Talmudic and Jewish socioeconomic history, law and customs, classical philology, and Jewish art.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Urim Books USA
• Seitenzahl: 221
• Erscheinungstermin: Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 170mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9789655240405
• ISBN-10: 9655240401
• Artikelnr.: 33986947