Liturgical Perspectives: Prayer and Poetry in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium of the Orion Center for ... (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah)

Annotation. The papers published in this volume were presented at the Fifth Orion International Symposium (Jerusalem, 2000), which focused on prayer and poetry in light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The volume examines the recently published poetical and liturgical texts from Qumran against the background of Second Temple Judaism, its biblical antecedents, and later rabbinic developments. The essays treat a variety of prayers and religious practices, as well as major issues in the history of Jewish liturgy. Topics range from magic, mysticism and thanksgiving to lamentation, fast day rituals, communal worship, and the relationship between the prayers from Qumran and the traditional Jewish prayers. The application of new Scrolls material to this breadth of topics constitutes an important contribution to the study of religious poetry, religious practice, and liturgy CONTENTS Preface Abbreviations Qumran Laments and the Study of Lament Literature Poetry and Prose in 4Q371—373 Narrative and Poetic Composition[sup(a,b,c)] Human and Angelic Prayer in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls Qumran and the Roots of the Rosh Hashanah Liturgy Apotropaic Prayers in the Second Temple Period Another Fragment (3a) of 4QShirot Olat HaShabbat[sup(b)] (4Q401) A Temple Prayer for Fast-Days Prayers for Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Traditional Jewish Liturgy The Second Temple Period, Qumran Research, and Rabbinic Liturgy: Some Contextual and Linguistic Comparisons Communal Prayer at Qumran and Among the Rabbis: Certainties and Uncertainties Some Reflections on the Function and Use of Poetical Texts Among the Dead Sea Scrolls The Number of Psalms in 1QHodayot[sup(a)] and Some of Their Sections Maamadot: A Second Temple Non-Temple Liturgy The Litany “Our God in Heaven” and Its Precedents in the Dead Sea Scrolls Index of Modern Authors A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Index of Ancient Sources A. JEWISH TEXTS 1. Bible 2. Apocrypha 3. Pseudepigrapha 4. Dead Sea Scrolls 5. Philo and josephus 6. Mishnah 7. Tosefta 8. Babylonian Talmud 9. Jerusalem Talmud 10. Midrash 11. Jewish Liturgy B. CHRISTIAN TEXTS New Testament Patristic Literature Preface Abbreviations Qumran Laments and the Study of Lament Literature / Adele Berlin Poetry and Prose in 4Q371-373 Narrative and Poetic Composition abc / Moshe J. Bernstein Human and Angelic Prayer in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Esther G. Chazon Qumran and the Roots of the Rosh Hashanah Liturgy / Torleif Elgvin Apotropaic Prayers in the Second Temple Period / Esther Eshel Another Fragment (3a) of 4QShirot 'Olat HaShabbat b (4Q401) / Hanan Eshel A Temple Prayer for Fast-Days / David Levine Prayers for Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Traditional Jewish Liturgy / Bilhah Nitzan The Second Temple Period, Qumran Research, and Rabbinic Liturgy: Some Contextual and Linguistic Comparisons / Stefan C. Reif Communal Prayer at Qumran and Among the Rabbis: Certainties and Uncertainties / Richard S. Sarason Some Reflections on the Function and Use of Poetical Texts Among the Dead Sea Scrolls / Eileen M. Schuller The Number of Psalms in 1QHodayol a and Some of Their Sections / Hartmut Stegmann Ma'amadot: A Second Temple Non-Temple Liturgy / Joseph Tabory The Litany "Our God in Heaven" and Its Precedents in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Moshe Weinfeld Index of Modern Authors Index of Ancient Sources. Edited By Esther G. Chazon, With The Collaboration Of Ruth Clements & Avital Pinnick. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.