MON | LIT 201 Liturgy (Spring Termn 2011) |
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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 |
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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 |