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On the Boundaries of Talmudic Prayer: Talmudic Ritual Recitations with Non-Divine Addressees

by Yehuda Septimus

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
  • 16.4 x 23.9 x 2 cm

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The English term prayer is usually understood as communication with God or the gods. Scholars of Jewish ritual until now have accepted this characterization and applied it to Jewish tefillah. Does rabbinic prayer indeed necessarily entail second-person address to God, as many scholars of rabbinic prayer to this point have presumed? In this work, Yehuda Septimus investigates a boundary phenomenon of talmudic prayer - ritual speech with addressees other than God. The book represents a fresh look at the possible range of performances undertaken by talmudic ritual prayer. Moreover, it places that range of performances into the historical context of the rapid emergence of prayer as the centerpiece of Jewish worship in the first half of the first millennium CE.

  • Title

    On the Boundaries of Talmudic Prayer: Talmudic Ritual Recitations with Non-Divine Addressees

  • Author

    Yehuda Septimus

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Mohr Siebeck

  • Published

    May 2015

  • Weight

    724g

  • Dimensions

    16.4 x 23.9 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9783161534218

  • ISBN-10

    3161534212

  • Eden Code

    4894605

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