Note: Frontmatter , Table of Contents , Introduction and Acknowledgements , Part I: From Thalfang to Philadelphia: An Introduction to Samuel Hirsch's Life and Times , "An Intimate Friendship with Modernity". Samuel Hirsch’s Reform Philosophy in the Context of the Ideological Controversies of the Times , Part II: Hegelian and Defender of the Faith: The Fundamentals of Samuel Hirsch's Philosophy , Samuel Hirsch in Dessau (June 1838 - June 1843). Freedom, Emancipation and the Christian State , Back to Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy. Hirsch’s Criticism of Modern Times , Judaism Transformed and the Divine on Earth. Samuel Hirsch's Appropriation of the Hegelian Ideal State , Part III: Edifying the Congregation: Jewish Answers to Pressing Societal Questions , The Challenges of Alterity: Notes on Samuel Hirsch's Contemporaneity , Religious Borders of Reason and Sentiment: Samuel Hirsch and Abraham Geiger on Jewish Education , “Humankind is Advancing”. Samuel Hirsch’s Rediscovery of Messianism and its Consequences for Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy , Part IV: Samuel Hirsch’s Luxembourg: Industrialization, Emancipation and Community , Between Recognition and Exclusion. The Effects of the Décret Infâme on Jewish Emancipation in Luxembourg , Between Acceptance and Aversion. Jews and Christians in Luxembourg in the 19th and Early 20th centuries , Part V: From Luxembourg to Philadelphia. Samuel Hirsch’s Transnational Reform Judaism , “One Always Panders to the Basest Jew-Hatred”. Samuel Hirsch, Der Volksfreund and Luxemburger Wort’s Campaign against Secularization and Jewish Emancipation 1848–50 , A Sense of Loneliness. Samuel Hirsch’s American Years , Bibliography , Contributors , Index of Names , Index of Places , Index of Topics , Biblical and Rabbinic Sources , Issued also in print , In English

Note: Frontmatter , Contents , Translator’s Acknowledgements , Translator’s Introduction: Eliezer Schweid as Worshipper in the State of Israel , Author’s Preface: My Path to the Jewish Prayer Book (Siddur Hatefillah) , Introduction: The Siddur (Jewish Prayer Book): Its Sources, Goal, and Theological Basis , 1. Worship of God and the Process of the Sacred Congregation’s Formation and Expression , 2. Prayer as a Form of Primal Expression of the Human Soul , 3. Torah and Prayer: The Problem of Love and Sin in the Relations between God and the Human Being , 4. The “Name and Kingship” Blessing as the Fundamental Rubric of Standing before God in Prayer , 5. Establishing the Covenant of Faith between the Individual Human Being and His God , 6. Principles of Faith , 7. The Keriyat Shema: The Covenant of Love between God and His People , 8. The Poetics of the Shema and the Shemoneh Esrei , 9. The Shemoneh Esrei Prayer: The Kedushah (Sanctification) and Ḥaninat Hada’at (God as Giver of Knowledge) , 10. The Shemoneh Esrei Prayer—Requests by the Individual in the Assembly: Teshuvah (Repentance) and Forgiveness , 11. The Shemoneh Esrei Prayer: Redemption, Healing, and Livelihood , 12. The Shemoneh Esrei (Eighteen Benedictions) That Are Really Nineteen: Redemption from Deepening Exile , 13. The Shemoneh Esrei—Responding in Anticipation of Complete Redemption , 14. Types of Biblical Poetry as a Source of Prayer , 15. Between the Poetry of Prophecy and Prayer , 16. The Poetry of the Psalms: Personal-Soulful and Societal-Political Messages , 17. Hymnal Song for the Sabbath Day. The “Sign” between God and His Treasured Nation and the Isolation from Christianity , 18. Breaking the Boundary of Mystery between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Earth: Praying with Devekut (Adherence) and with Kavanah (Intention) , Epilogue , Glossary , Index , INDEX LOCORUM , In English