The three blessings
Subtitle: boundaries, censorship, and identity in Jewish liturgy
By: Yoel H. Kahn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780195373295
Subjects: Talmud; Judaism; Jews; She-lo aśani goi (Jewish morning benediction); Criticism, interpretation; She-lo aśani ʻaved (Jewish morning benediction); Liturgy; Identity; She-lo aśani ishah (Jewish morning benediction)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Defining oneself against the other: sources and parallels in late antiquity; title: Assimilation and integration: the classical rabbinic sources; title: From private piety to public prayer: reconciling practice with teaching; title: Competitive traditions: early Palestinian practice; title: Censorship in medieval and renaissance liturgy; title: Women, slaves, boors and beasts; title: Material and mystical worldviews; title: Recasting boundaries and identity in nineteenth-century European prayer books; title: Identity and the creation of community in modern American liturgy; title: Conclusion.