The Prayer Rites of Synagogal Worship and their Historical Development: Edited and translated by Stefan C. Reif

An English Translation of the German Edition of Berlin 1859

Leopold Zunz

Published by De Gruyter 2023

The Prayer Rites of Synagogal Worship and their Historical Development

Edited and translated by Stefan C. Reif An English Translation of the German Edition of Berlin 1859

Leopold Zunz
Edited by: Stefan C. Reif
In collaboration with: Renate Egger-Wenzel

Volume 6 in the series Rethinking Diaspora

Volume 125 in the series Studia Judaica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111142500

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About this book

Given Leopold Zunz’s difficult German style and the tight conciseness of his presentation, it is hardly surprising that no English translation of his Die Ritus (1859) has been published. The Hebrew edition of 2016 does not aim to place this pioneering work in the context of Jewish liturgical history, sometimes opts for a paraphrase, rather than a literal translation, and does not always make it easy to distinguish Zunz from later scholarship. There are undoubtedly English-speaking scholars in current academia who are unacquainted with German and Modern Hebrew but would benefit from reading this classic study. This volume therefore links Die Ritus with Zunz’s other scholarly works by way of a brief introduction, provides a faithful translation, without the result reading more like German than English. It reproduces Zunz’s footnotes in his own highly abbreviated form but offers as an appendix to the introductory essay a bibliographical list that explains references that may not be obvious even to a learned reader. Readers of English will now be able to reach their own conclusions about the stature of Zunz, about his contributions to the study of Jewish liturgy, and, indeed, about any shortcomings that there may have been in his scholarly, theological and political tendencies.

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Stefan C. Reif, St John’s College, University of Cambridge, England.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
An Introduction to Zunz the Liturgist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Prayer Rites of Synagogal Worship and their Historical Development Leopold Zunz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in the field of Judaism, Jewish liturgy, and theology.
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 251
Keywords: Judaism; Jewish liturgy; Wissenschaft des Judentums; German Jews

eBook

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783111142500

Hardcover

Published: August 7, 2023
ISBN: 9783111139685