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Problems with Prayers

Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy

By: Stefan C. Reif

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Problems with Prayers

Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy

By: Stefan C. Reif

Much of the primary research summarized here relates to Cambridge Genizah manuscripts, a thousand-year-old source that testifies to liturgical (as well, of course, as non-liturgical) developments that greatly predate other source material. When the research is concerned with pre-Genizah history, the Genizah evidence is also relevant since the historian of religious ideas must ultimately decide how to date, characterize, and conceptualize its contents and how to explain where they vary significantly from what became, or is regarded (rightly or wrongly) as having become, the standard rabbinic liturgy sanctioned by the Iraqi Jewish authorities from the ninth to the eleventh century.

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3110895382

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Jews, Bible and Prayer

Essays on Jewish Biblical Exegesis and Liturgical Notions

By: Stefan C. Reif

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Jews, Bible and Prayer

Essays on Jewish Biblical Exegesis and Liturgical Notions

By: Stefan C. Reif

In his articles Stefan Reif deas with Jewish biblical exegesis and the close analysis of the evolution of Jewish prayer texts. Some fourteen of these that appeared in various collective volumes are here made more easily available, together with a major new study of Numbers 13, an introduction and extensive indexes. Reif attempts to establish whether there is any linguistic, literary and exegetical value in the traditional Jewish interpretation of the Hebrew Bible for the modern scientific approach to such texts and whether such an approach itself is always free of theological bias. He demonstrates how Jewish liturgical texts may illuminate religious teachings about wisdom, history, peace, forgiveness, and divine metaphors. Also clarified in these essays are notions of David, Greek and Hebrew, divine metaphors, and the liturgical use of the Hebrew Bible.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110486709

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9783110486704

A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo

The History of Cambridge University's Genizah Collection

By: Stefan Reif

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A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo

The History of Cambridge University's Genizah Collection

By: Stefan Reif

Explains how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a number of colourful figures brought about the connection between the two centres. Also shows the importance of the Genizah material for Jewish cultural history.

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Routledge

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1136117709

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Why Medieval Hebrew Studies?

Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the University of Cambridge, 11 November 1999

By: Stefan C. Reif

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Why Medieval Hebrew Studies?

Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the University of Cambridge, 11 November 1999

By: Stefan C. Reif

The Jewish Middle Ages were not, as was once supposed, full of 'doom, gloom and pedantry'. Medieval Hebrew manuscripts testify to stunning theology, super-rational exegesis, and interesting notions of language usage. There are unexpectedly 'modern' interpretations of the Hebrew Bible in Spain and France and exciting fragments from the Cairo Genizah, including a prayer to be recited by medieval pilgrims to Jerusalem. Among more prosaic Genizah items are a crusader note in Latin, a certificate about kosher cheeses, an appeal for financial assistance, and a doctor's faith in God over his own medicine. Stefan C. Reif shows that Medieval Hebrew culture is a vibrant and compelling field of study.

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CUP Archive

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0521010470

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9780521010474

Judaism and Hebrew Prayer

New Perspectives on Jewish Liturgical History

By: Stefan C. Reif

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Judaism and Hebrew Prayer

New Perspectives on Jewish Liturgical History

By: Stefan C. Reif

A scholarly but readable guide to the history of Jewish prayer from biblical times to the modern period.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521483417

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9780521483414

Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah

A Selection of Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, Introduced, Transcribed, Translated, and Annotated, with Images. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 7

By: Stefan C. Reif

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Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah

A Selection of Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, Introduced, Transcribed, Translated, and Annotated, with Images. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 7

By: Stefan C. Reif

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.

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BRILL

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900431332X

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9789004313323

Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library

A Description and Introduction

By: Cambridge University Library,Stefan C. Reif,Shulamit Reif

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Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library

A Description and Introduction

By: Cambridge University Library,Stefan C. Reif,Shulamit Reif

For some five hundred years, Hebrew books have been counted among the treasures of the University of Cambridge, and Cambridge University Library's current holdings of Hebrew manuscripts (excluding most of the 140,000 fragments in its Genizah collections) are in excess of a thousand items. A wide range of Hebrew literature is represented, with substantial numbers in Bible, Bible Versions and Commentaries, Talmud, Halakhah, Liturgy, Science, Poetry, Philosophy and Kabbalah. The bulk of the material is late mediaeval but there are also earlier items, among them the famous Nash Papyrus from the second pre-Christian century. Although this collection is among the world's most important, attempts, beginning in the mid-Victorian period, to describe it in detail, and to publish the results, have never met with success. In this volume, Stefan Reif, assisted by Shulamit Reif, has attempted to set the situation right by providing careful descriptions that will guide researchers in codicologial matters and will alert them to data of special scholarly significance, without overwhelming them with the kind of prolix treatment that characterised manuscript study in the nineteenth century. The volume has benefited not only from local Cambridge expertise but also from world-wide scholarly co-operation and includes many references to recent publications, as well as a representative selection of photographed folios. There are essays on the history of Hebraists and Hebraic at Cambridge that will interest historians, as well as extensive indexes that will provide easy access to the rich and varied contents of the descriptions.

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Cambridge University Press

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052158339X

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9780521583398

"From a Sacred Source"

Genizah Studies in Honour of Professor Stefan C. Reif. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series

By: Ben Outhwaite,Siam Bhayro

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"From a Sacred Source"

Genizah Studies in Honour of Professor Stefan C. Reif. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series

By: Ben Outhwaite,Siam Bhayro

These papers on the medieval manuscripts of the Cairo Genizah are in honour of Stefan Reif, Professor of Medieval Hebrew at Cambridge University, on the occasion of his retirement after thirty-three years as director of the Genizah Research Unit.

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9004190589

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Jews, Bible and Prayer

Essays on Jewish Biblical Exegesis and Liturgical Notions

By: Stefan C. Reif

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Essays on Jewish Biblical Exegesis and Liturgical Notions

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3110485850

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Why Medieval Hebrew Studies?

Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the University of Cambridge, 11 November 1999

By: Stefan C. Reif

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Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the University of Cambridge, 11 November 1999

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Problems with Prayers

Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy

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Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy

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Problems with Prayers

Problems with Prayers

Jews, Bible and Prayer

Jews, Bible and Prayer

A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo

A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo

Why Medieval Hebrew Studies?

Why Medieval Hebrew Studies?

Judaism and Hebrew Prayer

Judaism and Hebrew Prayer

Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah

Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah

Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library

Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library

"From a Sacred Source"

"From a Sacred Source"

Jews, Bible and Prayer

Jews, Bible and Prayer

Why Medieval Hebrew Studies?

Why Medieval Hebrew Studies?

Problems with Prayers

Problems with Prayers

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