My People's Prayer Book Vol 2: The Amidah
"The prayer book is our Jewish diary of the centuries, a collection of prayers composed by generations of those who came before us, as they endeavored to express the meaning of their lives and their relationship to God. The prayer book is the essence of the Jewish soul."
My People's Prayer Book provides diverse and exciting commentaries to the traditional liturgy, written by some of today's most respected scholars and teachers from all perspectives of the Jewish world. They explore the text from the perspectives of ancient Rabbis and modern theologians, as well as feminist, halakhic, medieval, linguistic, biblical, Chasidic, mystical, and historical perspectives.
This stunning work, an empowering entryway to the spiritual revival of our times, enables all of us to claim our connection to the heritage of the traditional Jewish prayer book. It helps rejuvenate Jewish worship in today's world, and makes its power accessible to all. The My People's Prayer Book series belongs on the library shelf of every home, every synagogue—every sanctuary of prayer.
Introductions tell the reader what to look for in the prayer service, as well as how to truly use the commentaries, to search for—and find—meaning in the prayer book.
Contributors:
Marc Brettler • Elliot N. Dorff • David Ellenson • Marica Falk • Judith Hauptman • Joel M. Hoffman • Lawrence A. Hoffman • Lawrence Kushner • Daniel Landes • Nehemia Polen
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Book details
- Edited by
- Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD, Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler, Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, PhD
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 240
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Series
- My People's Prayer Book
- Subjects
- Religion › Prayerbooks › Jewish
Religion › Judaism - Topics
- Jewish prayer · Jewish liturgy · traditional prayers · Jewish spirituality · rabbinic commentary · Jewish practices · Judaism
- ISBN-13
- 9781879045804 (Hardcover)9781683362128 (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, Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef and All These Vows—Kol Nidre.
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 combines research in Jewish ritual, worship and spirituality with the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism.