We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet (Prayers of Awe)
A varied and fascinating look at sin, confession and pardon in Judaism.
Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, almost forty contributors―men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations―examine the history of confession in Judaism, its roots in the Bible, its evolution in rabbinic and modern thought, and the very nature of confession for men and women today.
Featuring the traditional prayers―provided in the original Hebrew and a new and annotated translation―this third volume in the Prayers of Awe series explores the relevance of confession today in what is bound to be the most up-to-date, comprehensive and insightful reconsideration of sin and confession in Judaism.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Rabbi Tony Bayfield, CBE, DD (Lambeth) • Rabbi Will Berkovitz • Dr. Annette M. Boeckler • Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler • Dr. Erica Brown • Rabbi Lawrence A. Englander, DHL • Lisa Exler • Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman • Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand • Rabbi Edwin Goldberg • Rabbi Andrew Goldstein, PhD • Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, PhD • Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD • Rabbi Walter Homolka, PhD, DHL • Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur • Rabbi Elie Kaunfer • Rabbi Reuven Kimelman, PhD • Rabbi Lawrence Kushner • Rabbi Noa Kushner • Rabbi Daniel Landes • Rabbi Ruth Langer, PhD • Catherine Madsen • Rabbi Jonathan Magonet, PhD • Rabbi Dalia Marx, PhD • Ruth Messinger • Charles H. Middleburgh, PhD • Rabbi Jay Henry Moses • Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, PhD • Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, DMin • Rabbi Marc Saperstein, PhD • Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater, DMin • Rabbi David A. Teutsch, PhD • Dr. Ellen M. Umansky • Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig, DD • Dr. Ron Wolfson • Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel • Dr. Wendy Zierler
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Book details
- Edited by
- Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 304
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Series
- Prayers of Awe
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism › Rituals & Practice
Religion › Holidays › Jewish - Topics
- Jewish confession · sin and repentance · Jewish prayer · Jewish theology · High Holy Days · rabbinic thought · Hebrew prayers · Jewish rituals
- ISBN-13
- 9781580236126 (Hardcover)9781683364788 (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 All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days, May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet.
Hoffman holds the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship and Ritual. His series My People’s Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries won the National Jewish Book Award, and My People’s Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries was a finalist for the same award.
When not writing, Hoffman serves as a developer of Synagogue 3000, a transdenominational project designed to envision and implement the ideal synagogue of the spirit for the twenty-first century. His work connects research in Jewish ritual and worship to the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism.