Ancient Jewish Prayers And Emotions

Author : Stefan C. Reif,Renate Egger-Wenzel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110386080

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Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions by Stefan C. Reif,Renate Egger-Wenzel Pdf

Given the recent interest in the emotions presupposed in early religious literature, it has been thought useful to examine in this volume how the Jews and early Christians expressed their feelings within the prayers recorded in some of their literature. Specialists in their fields from academic institutions around the world have analysed important texts relating to this overall theme and to what is revealed with regard to such diverse topics as relations with God, exegesis, education, prophecy, linguistic expression, feminism, happiness, grief, cult, suicide, non-Jews, Hellenism, Qumran and Jerusalem. The texts discussed are in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic and are important for a scientific understanding of how Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity developed their approaches to worship, to the construction of their theology and to the feelings that lay behind their religious ideas and practices. The articles contribute significantly to an historical understanding of how Jews maintained their earlier traditions but also came to terms with the ideology of the dominant Hellenistic culture that surrounded them.

Author : Ari Mermelstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108831550

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Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism by Ari Mermelstein Pdf

Offers a theoretical account of the relationship between power, emotion, and identity through an analysis of ancient Jewish texts.

Author : Matthias Henze,Rodney A. Werline
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884144823

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Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters by Matthias Henze,Rodney A. Werline Pdf

An essential resource for scholars and students Since the publication of the first edition of Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters in 1986, the field of early Judaism has exploded with new data, the publication of additional texts, and the adoption of new methods. This new edition of the classic resource honors the spirit of the earlier volume and focuses on the scholarly advances in the past four decades that have led to the study of early Judaism becoming an academic discipline in its own right. Essays written by leading scholars in the study of early Judaism fall into four sections: historical and social settings; methods, manuscripts, and materials; early Jewish literatures; and the afterlife of early Judaism.

Author : József Zsengellér
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110768534

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Understanding Texts in Early Judaism by József Zsengellér Pdf

This volume remembers Géza Xeravits, a well known scholar of deuterocanonical and Qumran literature. The volume is divided into four sections according to his scholarly work and interest. Contributions in the first part deal with Old Testament and related issues (Thomas Hiecke, Stefan Beyerle, and Mattew Goff). The second section is about the Dead Sea Scrolls (John J, Collins, John Kampen, Peter Porzig, Eibert Tigchelaar, Balázs Tamási and Réka Esztári). The largest part is the forth on deuterocanonica (Beate Ego, Lucas Brum Teixteira, Fancis Macatangay, Tobias Nicklas, Maria Brutti, Nuria, Chalduch-Benages, Panc Beentjes, Ben Wright, Otto Mulder, Angelo Passaro, Friedrich Reiterer, Severino Bussino, Jeremy Corley and JiSeong Kwong). The third section deals with some cognate literature (József Zsengellér and Karin Schöpflin). The last section about the Ancient Synagogue has the paper of Anders Kloostergaard Petersen. Some hot topics are discussed, for example the Two spirits in Qumran, the cathegorization of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the authorship and antropology of Ben Sira, and the angelology of Vitae Prophetarum.

Author : Nicholas P. L. Allen,Jacob J. T. Doedens
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110784978

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Turmoil, Trauma and Tenacity in Early Jewish Literature by Nicholas P. L. Allen,Jacob J. T. Doedens Pdf

This volume is written in the context of trauma hermeneutics of ancient Jewish communities and their tenacity in the face of adversity (i.e. as recorded in the MT, LXX, Pseudepigrapha, the Deuterocanonical books and even Cognate literature. In this regard, its thirteen chapters, are concerned with the most recent outputs of trauma studies. They are written by a selection of leading scholars, associated to some degree with the Hungaro-South African Study Group. Here, trauma is employed as a useful hermeneutical lens, not only for interpreting biblical texts and the contexts in which they were originally produced and functioned but also for providing a useful frame of reference. As a consequence, these various research outputs, each in their own way, confirm that an historical and theological appreciation of these early accounts and interpretations of collective trauma and its implications, (perceived or otherwise), is critical for understanding the essential substance of Jewish cultural identity. As such, these essays are ideal for scholars in the fields of Biblical Studies—particularly those interested in the Pseudepigrapha, the Deuterocanonical books and Cognate literature.

Author : Evan Moffic
Publisher : Center Street
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781478918080

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The Happiness Prayer by Evan Moffic Pdf

At age 30 Evan Moffic became the leader of a large congregation. He had great success. But he couldn't find happiness. Then he found a 2000-year-old prayer. In it were hidden elements of Jewish wisdom. They became a part of his life and those of his congregation and transformed them and him. What if we had a clear path to follow when life disappointed us? What if we had a time-tested guide for a life of deeper meaning and happiness? That is what Rabbi Moffic discovered in an ancient Jewish prayer. Based on ten practices any person can follow, the prayer has helped thousands of people-couples, teenagers, empty nesters struggling with loss, divorce, and ruptured relationships-find renewed meaning and purpose in their lives. Moffic discovered the power of the prayer when he was called to become the youngest rabbi to lead a large US synagogue at just thirty years of age. The prayer became his guidepost, providing him with the wisdom to lead beyond his years. By incorporating the power of this prayer into his life and using it to guide his congregation and community, he became known as "the smiling rabbi." In the tradition of Rabbi Harold Kushner, Rabbi Evan Moffic opens up the Jewish wisdom tradition with insights for today. Drawing from interactions with thousands of congregants, as well as his own experience; relating stories of real people; providing accessible commentary from contemporary psychologists; and sprinkling in warm humor, this rabbi of a new generation reveals the means and meaning of joyous living that will appeal to everyone.

Author : Ari Mermelstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1108926851

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Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism by Ari Mermelstein Pdf

Author : Timothy J. Sandoval,Ariel Feldman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110624526

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Petitioners, Penitents, and Poets by Timothy J. Sandoval,Ariel Feldman Pdf

This volume contributes to the growing interest in understanding the phenomenon of prayer and praying in the Hebrew Bible, Early Judaism, and nascent Christianity. Papers by the leading scholars in these fields revisit long-standing questions and chart new paths of inquiry into the nature, form, and practice of addressing the divine in the ancient world. The essays in this volume deal with particular texts of and about prayer, practices of prayer, as well as figures and locations (historical and literary) that are associated with prayer and praying. These studies apply a range of methods and theoretical approaches to prayer and the language of prayer in literatures of Early Judaism and Christianity. Some studies apply the classical methods of biblical studies to Second Temple texts of prayer, including form critical and text critical approaches; others engage in literary and narrative analysis of ancient works that recount discourse directed to the divine. Still other studies draw on anthropological and sociological analyses of prayer or marshal particular theories of discourse, ethics, and moral agency to offer fresh interpretations of address to God in the literature of Second Temple Judaism and earliest Christianity.

Author : David Seal
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780761869269

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Prayer as Divine Experience in 4 Ezra and John’s Apocalypse by David Seal Pdf

Do humans have a special capacity designed to foster experiences of God? What role do specific bodily actions or emotions play in the cultivation of a divine experience? Prayer as Divine Experience in 4 Ezra and John’s Apocalypse: Emotion, Empathy, and Engagement with God explores these questions in a systematic study of the emotions in two apocalyptic texts. The book of 4 Ezra, an ancient Jewish apocalypse, and the book of Revelation, an ancient Christian Apocalypse written by John, are examined with a focus on the emotional language of the prayers and prayer preludes contained in this literature. Both texts were composed in the first-century of the Common Era, a time when most people exposed to literature heard the content as it was recited. The emotive language in these writings could potentially arouse similar emotions in the readers or hearers of these texts, allowing the person to have access to the divine experiences, which are described by the seer in 4 Ezra and are expressed by the angelic choir in John’s Apocalypse. Prior to examining the prayers, Prayer as Divine Experience will describe the neurological processes that cause a person to mirror the emotions expressed by another individual, thereby prompting an imitation of the experience that is perceived.

Author : Mika S. Pajunen,Jeremy Penner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110449266

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Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Late Second Temple Period by Mika S. Pajunen,Jeremy Penner Pdf

When thinking about psalms and prayers in the Second Temple period, the Masoretic Psalter and its reception is often given priority because of modern academic or theological interests. This emphasis tends to skew our understanding of the corpus we call psalms and prayers and often dampens or mutes the lived context within which these texts were composed and used. This volume is comprised of a collection of articles that explore the diverse settings in which psalms and prayers were used and circulated in the late Second Temple period. The book includes essays by experts in the Hebrew bible, the Dead Sea scrolls, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, and the New Testament, in which a wide variety of topics, approaches, and methods both old and new are utilized to explore the many functions of psalms and prayers in the late Second Temple period. Included in this volume are essays examining how psalms were read as prophecy, as history, as liturgy, and as literature. A variety methodologies are employed, and include the use of cognitive sciences and poetics, linguistic theory, psychology, redaction criticism, and literary theory.

Author : Esther Eidinow,Armin W. Geertz,John North
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009027151

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Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience by Esther Eidinow,Armin W. Geertz,John North Pdf

For some time interest has been growing in a dialogue between modern scientific research into human cognition and research in the humanities. This ground-breaking volume focuses this dialogue on the religious experience of men and women in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Each chapter examines a particular historical problem arising from an ancient religious activity and the contributions range across a wide variety of both ancient contexts and sources, exploring and integrating literary, epigraphic, visual and archaeological evidence. In order to avoid a simple polarity between physical aspects (ritual) and mental aspects (belief) of religion, the contributors draw on theories of cognition as embodied, emergent, enactive and extended, accepting the complexity, multimodality and multicausality of human life. Through this interdisciplinary approach, the chapters open up new questions around and develop new insights into the physical, emotional, and cognitive aspects of ancient religions.

Author : Françoise Mirguet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107146266

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An Early History of Compassion by Françoise Mirguet Pdf

An Early History of Compassion explores the role of the emotional imagination within the context of Roman imperialism.

Author : Ute E. Eisen,Heidrun E. Mader,Melanie Peetz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783111185576

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Grasping Emotions by Ute E. Eisen,Heidrun E. Mader,Melanie Peetz Pdf

Emotions have increasingly attracted the attention of the sciences and academia. The topic is all the more timely since we have witnessed a global trend towards highly emotionalized discourses across societies and religions. Discourses are less guided by rational arguments and “facts”. Instead, narratives, sometimes manipulative, influence the thoughts and activi-ties of our societies. In this context, the authoritative texts of the monotheistic religions are experiencing a renaissance. Tanach, Bible and Qur’an do not only “emotionalize”, they also offer ancient concepts of emotions which affect the present. This book brings the interdependencies of antiquity and (post)modernity into an interdisci-plinary discussion. How should we understand feelings at all? This book explores the ap-proaches to emotions as portrayed and understood in various sources and disciplines. The contributors share their perspectives on methodological questions concerning research on the emotions. Scholars in religious studies and theology from different traditions—Jewish, Christian, Islamic—enter into dialogue with other disciplines, such as psychology, literary studies, sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, and historiography.

Author : Nuria Calduch-Benages,Michael W. Duggan,Dalia Marx
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110630725

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On Wings of Prayer by Nuria Calduch-Benages,Michael W. Duggan,Dalia Marx Pdf

The contributors and editors dedicate this volume of research to Professor Stefan C. Reif on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Together these twenty papers reflect our appreciation for his exemplary scholarship and lifelong commitment to acquaint our world with the theological and cultural riches of Jewish Studies. This collection reflects the breadth of Prof. Reif’s interests insofar as it is a combination of Second Temple studies and Jewish studies on the roots of Jewish prayer and liturgy which is his main field of expertise. Contributions on biblical and second temple studies cover Amos, Ben Sira, Esther, 2 Maccabees, Judith, Wisdom, Qumran Psalms, and James. Contributions on Jewish studies cover nuptial and benedictions after meals, Adon Olam, Passover Seder, Amidah, the Medieval Palestinian Tefillat ha-Shir, and other aspects of rabbinic liturgy. Moreover, the regional diversity of scholars from Israel, continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America mirrors Stefan’s travels as a lecturer and the reach of his publications. The volume includes a foreword of appreciation and a bibliographic list of Professor Reif's works.

Author : Kristin De Troyer,Barbara Schmitz,Joshua Alfaro,Maximilian Häberlein
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110691801

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The Early Reception of the Torah by Kristin De Troyer,Barbara Schmitz,Joshua Alfaro,Maximilian Häberlein Pdf

This volume contains the papers presented at the 2017 meeting of the SBL Program Unit on Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature in Boston, MA. The theme of the sessions was the interpretation of Torah in deuterocanonical literature. The contributions cover a variety of concepts and themes related to Torah and trace these through the Hebrew Bible, into the Septuagintal deuterocanonical books and other relevant and cognate literature.