All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days
This examination of universalism and particularism in Judaism seeks answers to the complex question, "Why be Jewish?" It explores the universalistic definition of the Jews' historic destiny, the role Jews must play simply by virtue of being human, and Judaism's part in helping Jews play that human role with uniquely Jewish passion and commitment.
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Book details
- Edited by
- Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 288
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Series
- Prayers of Awe
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism › Rituals & Practice
Religion › Prayer
Religion › Holidays › Jewish - Topics
- Judaism · Jewish theology · universalism and particularism · Jewish identity · Jewish prayer · religious philosophy
- ISBN-13
- 9781580237833 (Hardcover)9781681629742 (Paperback)
About the author
RABBI LAWRENCE A. HOFFMAN, PHD, has served for more than three decades as professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. His recent books include Encountering God: El Rachum V'chanun—God Merciful and Gracious, Naming God: Avinu Malkeinu—Our Father, Our King and All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days.
Hoffman holds the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship and Ritual. He edited the ten-volume My People’s Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, and coedited My People’s Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.
When not writing, Hoffman cofounded and developed Synagogue 2/3000, a transdenominational project to envision and implement the ideal synagogue of the spirit for the twenty-first century. His work combines research in Jewish ritual, worship and spirituality with a passion for the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism.