MON	LIT 201 Liturgy (Spring Termn 2011)	Bibliography
		last updated: 29-1-11
	24.1.	no class
1	31.1.	Introduction into the academic study of liturgical texts	topics of choice (the sample texts will be chosen from these topics): - illness, catastrophes - feelings of guilt - uncertainty of future - feelings of gratefulness - need of authority - statutary prayers
2	7.2.	1st text of choice: philological analysis	A New Concordance of the Bible. 4 Vols. / edited by Abraham Even-Shoshan. Jerusalem: Kiryat Sepher, 1977-1980. or other concordance or concordance program; A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament with an Appendix containing the Biblical Aramaic based on the Lexicon of William Gesenius as translated by Edward Robinson / by Francis Brown with S.R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. ("BDB") or other dictionary of Biblical Hebrew ; The complete Hebrew/English Dictionary / by Reuben Alcalay. Jerusalem: Massada Publishing 1981. ; A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the midrashic Literature / compiled by Marcus Jastrow. Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 2005.
3	14.2.	2nd text of choice: historical analysis	Judaism and Hebrew Prayer: New Perspectives on Jewish Liturgical History. / Stefan C. Reif. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. ; Problems with Prayers : Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy / by Stefan C. Reif. -- Berlin and New York. NY: Walter de Gruyter, 2006. ; Seder Rav Amram; Sidur Rav Saadya Gaon, Machyor Vitry, Siddur hayaavetz/ Jacob Emden; Siddur haAri;Seder Avodat Yisrael / Baer Seligmann
4	21.2.	3rd text of choice: traditional analysis	Seder Avodat Yisrael / Baer Seligmann ; commentaries in traditional prayerbooks, bibliography will be given in class
5	28.2.	4th text of choice: literary analysis	Undercurrents of Jewish Prayer / Jeremy Schonfield. Oxford and Portland: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2006.
6	7.3.	5th text of choice: liturgical analysis	materials will be given in class
7	14.3.	The Amida (chosen parts) different aspects of analysis will be devided between participants of the class (short presentations); discussion about congregational literature on Jewish prayers	My People’s Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries. Vol. 2 - The Amidah / edited by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman. Woodstock: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1998.
8	21.3.	The Shema and its blessings (chosen parts) different aspects of analysis will be devided between participants of the class (short presentations)	My People’s Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries. Vol 1 - The Sh’ma and Its Blessings / Edited by Lawrence A. Hoffman. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1997.
	28.3.	no class (JCM)
9	4.4.	Theological Analysis 1: The British Reform Liturgy : its main features and how and why they developed	Forms of Prayer I, London: The movement for Reform Judaism, 2008. Further literature will be given in class.
10	11.4.	Theological Analysis 2: The British Liberal Liturgy : its main features and how and why they developed	Siddur Lev Chadash. London: Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues, 1995. Further literature will be given in class.
	18.4.	Erev Pessach (no class, Pessach Break)
	25.4.	Bank Holiday (no class, Pessach Break)
	2.5.	no class (Bank Holiday)
11	9.5.	final session: topic tbc
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	tbc	LITURGY STUDY DAY