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Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah, which sets a new tone for future studies, consists of a selection of transcribed and translated Genizah fragments that contain some of the earliest known texts of rabbinic prayers. Reif describes in detail the physical makeup of each manuscript and assesses the manner in which the scribe has tackled the matter of recording a preferred version. He then places the prayer texts included in the manuscript within the context of Jewish liturgical history, explaining the degree to which they were innovative and whether they established precedents to be followed in later prayer-books. He offers specialists and more general readers a fresh understanding of the historical, theological, linguistic, and social factors that may have motivated adjustments to their liturgical formulations.

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Introduction 1. T-S G1.78: Naṭronai’s Hundred Blessings 2. T-S NS 123.12: Preliminary Readings and Prayers 3. T-S H18.4: Poetic ‘Amida 4. Or.1080 3.2: ‘Amida with Strong Emotions 5. Add.3160.2: Evening Prayer and Bibliographical Crux 6. T-S NS 123.92: Weekday and Shabbat Eves Compared 7. T-S 8H16.23: Differences on Friday Evenings 8. T-S NS 299.150: Polemical Reading against Karaites 9. Add.3159.4: Shabbat Beginnings and Endings 10. T-S 6H6.6: folio 4: Qaddish in Strange Form 11. T-S NS 235.171: Musaf for Rosh Ḥodesh 12. Add.3160.9: Rosh Ḥodesh to Rosh Ha-Shana 13. T-S 10H3.4 and T-S NS 235.157a & 157b: Prayers for Rosh Ḥodesh and Musaf for Rosh Ha-Shana 14. T-S 8H23.2: Prayers for Rosh Ha-Shana 15. T-S H8.79: Verses and Musaf for Rosh Ha-Shana 16. T-S NS 155.1: Ways to Start Yom Kippur 17. T-S 10H4.1: Shemini ‘Aṣeret’s Own Rite 18. T-S H2.124: Special Qiddush for Pesaḥ 19. T-S H2.152: Ma Nishtana in Five 20. Add.3159.13: Haggada before Meal 21. T-S 8H24.3: Prayers for Pesaḥ 22. T-S NS 89.36: Additions for Ḥanukka 23. T-S NS 196.66: Hafṭara Blessings 24. Or.1080 15.4 & T-S AS 110.359: Unusual Grace 25. T-S NS 123.31: Instructions in Aramaic List of Works Cited and Abbreviations Indexes Sources Names Subjects

Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah: A Selection of Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, Introduced, Transcribed, Translated, and Annotated, with Images. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 7

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      Publisher: Brill
      Publication Date: 17/03/2016
      ISBN13: 9789004313316, 978-9004313316
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah, which sets a new tone for future studies, consists of a selection of transcribed and translated Genizah fragments that contain some of the earliest known texts of rabbinic prayers. Reif describes in detail the physical makeup of each manuscript and assesses the manner in which the scribe has tackled the matter of recording a preferred version. He then places the prayer texts included in the manuscript within the context of Jewish liturgical history, explaining the degree to which they were innovative and whether they established precedents to be followed in later prayer-books. He offers specialists and more general readers a fresh understanding of the historical, theological, linguistic, and social factors that may have motivated adjustments to their liturgical formulations.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1. T-S G1.78: Naṭronai’s Hundred Blessings 2. T-S NS 123.12: Preliminary Readings and Prayers 3. T-S H18.4: Poetic ‘Amida 4. Or.1080 3.2: ‘Amida with Strong Emotions 5. Add.3160.2: Evening Prayer and Bibliographical Crux 6. T-S NS 123.92: Weekday and Shabbat Eves Compared 7. T-S 8H16.23: Differences on Friday Evenings 8. T-S NS 299.150: Polemical Reading against Karaites 9. Add.3159.4: Shabbat Beginnings and Endings 10. T-S 6H6.6: folio 4: Qaddish in Strange Form 11. T-S NS 235.171: Musaf for Rosh Ḥodesh 12. Add.3160.9: Rosh Ḥodesh to Rosh Ha-Shana 13. T-S 10H3.4 and T-S NS 235.157a & 157b: Prayers for Rosh Ḥodesh and Musaf for Rosh Ha-Shana 14. T-S 8H23.2: Prayers for Rosh Ha-Shana 15. T-S H8.79: Verses and Musaf for Rosh Ha-Shana 16. T-S NS 155.1: Ways to Start Yom Kippur 17. T-S 10H4.1: Shemini ‘Aṣeret’s Own Rite 18. T-S H2.124: Special Qiddush for Pesaḥ 19. T-S H2.152: Ma Nishtana in Five 20. Add.3159.13: Haggada before Meal 21. T-S 8H24.3: Prayers for Pesaḥ 22. T-S NS 89.36: Additions for Ḥanukka 23. T-S NS 196.66: Hafṭara Blessings 24. Or.1080 15.4 & T-S AS 110.359: Unusual Grace 25. T-S NS 123.31: Instructions in Aramaic List of Works Cited and Abbreviations Indexes Sources Names Subjects

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