Liturgical Perspectives: Prayer
and Poetry in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Esther G. Chazon, Ruth Clements, Avital Pinnick
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.
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