Title: Qumran prayer and religious poetry
Description: This book represents the first attempt to undertake a systematic, comprehensive study of the liturgical and poetic texts which were discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran.

The collections of prayers, blessings and hymns indicate that fixed prayers were already customary within Judaism during the period of the Second Temple within sectarian circles. In the light of the prayer texts from Qumran the author conducts a systematic study of Jewish prayer beginning with its biblical traditions, through its development during the Second Temple period, and down to rabbinic prayer.

By means of comparative literary analysis, the author is able to elucidate the relationship of the Qumran texts to forms and motifs found in parallel text types from various periods and circles within Judaism. This volume provides the reader with tools for a renewed study of the history of prayer in Judaism in the light of new textual evidence from the Second Temple period.
Subjects: Comparative studies, Dead Sea scrolls, Hebrew Jewish religious poetry, History and criticism, Judaism, Liturgy, Manuscrits de la Mer Morte, Religieuze gedichten, Ouvrages avant 1800, Études comparatives, Critique, interprétation, Poésie religieuse hébraïque, Gebeden, Judaïsme, Criticism, interpretation, Histoire et critique, Essenen, Poésie religieuse juive hébraïque, Liturgie, Religious poetry, history and criticism, Islamic literature, history and criticism
Places: Qumran Site, West Bank