Undercurrents of Jewish Prayer

Download or read book Undercurrents of Jewish Prayer written by Jeremy Schonfield and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-26 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even those who lavish close attention on talmudic and halakhic writings have rarely studied the Jewish prayer-book. Its dense and apparently impenetrable texts are here subjected to close analysis that exposes the messages and covert concerns implicit in the underlying narrative. The controversial conclusions establish the prayer-book as one of the greatest achievements of Jewish literary creativity.