Note: Text überwiegend englisch, teilweise hebräisch; hebräisch in hebräischer Schrift

Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-271) and index

Note: Auf dem Einband: POLIN, Museum of the History of Polish Jews , "The Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland, which initiated the creation of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, was responsible for preparing the Core Exhibition and raisning the funds for its production." (ungezählte Seite 6) , "Translation Dominika Gajewska [und 2 weitere]" (ungezählte Seite 431) , Literaturverzeichnis Seite 403-411 , Mit Register

Note: Includes index

Note: Includes bibliogr. references and index , Bibliogr. S. 245 - 251

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Parallel Hebrew text and English translation , Text überw. engl., teilw. hebr., in hebr. Schrift

Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 237-254 , Morality, meaning, and the ritual search for the sacred , Morality, meaning, and the ritual search for the sacred , Heavenly assembly , What's in a bowl? Babylonian magic spells and the origins of Kol Nidre , Sermons and history: the "Marrano" connection to Kol Nidre , Magic of the moment: Kol Nidre in progressive Judaism , Music of Kol Nidre , Kol Nidre: a halakhic history and analysis , Choice, commitment, cancellation: vows and oaths in Jewish law , Kol Nidre: translation and commentary , Kol Nidre from Union prayer book to Gates of repentance , Memories of the past, guidelines for the future , What if cleverness is foolishness and righteousness an illusion? , Words of wisdom or legalese? , Two Torah scrolls and Kol Nidre: the earthly court below , At least credit me with being compassionate , Filling the void , Words mean everything, words mean nothing: both are true , "Woe is me that I have sworn": the power to annul God's vows , Tyranny of perfection , Disruption, disorientation, and restarting: the Kol Nidre road to return , Lifting the curtain: the theatrical Kol Nidre , "It's rather hard to understand": approaching God through sound, not translation , Sound and pageantry: willingness, aspiration, and discernment , Is Kol Nidre typical? , All bets are off , Room with no back, only forward , Imagining nothing , Vote of no confidence , Over-promise, under-deliver ... and then forgive , Courting inversion: Kol Nidre as legal drama , Kol Nidre mirror to our soul , Release beyond words: Kol Nidre even on a violin , Night vision: a gift of sacred uncertainty , Ritualizing Kol Nidre: the power of three , All vows? No! Then, which vows? , How is Kol Nidre like a Dodgers game? , We are the image of God that God leaves behind for history to know , Oath, or My family story , Heavenly assembly , What's in a bowl? Babylonian magic spells and the origins of Kol Nidre , Sermons and history: the "Marrano" connection to Kol Nidre , Magic of the moment: Kol Nidre in progressive Judaism , Music of Kol Nidre , Kol Nidre: a halakhic history and analysis , Choice, commitment, cancellation: vows and oaths in Jewish law , Kol Nidre: translation and commentary , Kol Nidre from Union prayer book to Gates of repentance , Memories of the past, guidelines for the future , What if cleverness is foolishness and righteousness an illusion? , Words of wisdom or legalese? , Two Torah scrolls and Kol Nidre: the earthly court below , At least credit me with being compassionate , Filling the void , Words mean everything, words mean nothing: both are true , "Woe is me that I have sworn": the power to annul God's vows , Tyranny of perfection , Disruption, disorientation, and restarting: the Kol Nidre road to return , Lifting the curtain: the theatrical Kol Nidre , "It's rather hard to understand": approaching God through sound, not translation , Sound and pageantry: willingness, aspiration, and discernment , Is Kol Nidre typical? , All bets are off , Room with no back, only forward , Imagining nothing , Vote of no confidence , Over-promise, under-deliver ... and then forgive , Courting inversion: Kol Nidre as legal drama , Kol Nidre mirror to our soul , Release beyond words: Kol Nidre even on a violin , Night vision: a gift of sacred uncertainty , Ritualizing Kol Nidre: the power of three , All vows? No! Then, which vows? , How is Kol Nidre like a Dodgers game? , We are the image of God that God leaves behind for history to know , Oath, or My family story

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Y-h-w-h: God and being -- Evolution continues: a Jewish history of "God" -- Torah: word out of silence -- Israel: being human, being Jewish

Note: Aus dem Schwed. übers

Note: Includes bibliographical references (Seiten 305-310) and indexes

Note: Based on the Shearman lectures, delivered at Manchester Univ. in November 1987

Note: Text teilw. in hebr. Schr.

Note: The Bailey lectures delivered April 17-18, 1990, Berkeley, Calif