Qumran prayer and religious poetry / / by Bilhah Nitzan ; translated from the Hebrew by Jonathan Chipman.

• Superior document: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 12
• VerfasserIn: Nitzan, Bilha,
• TeilnehmendeR: Chipman, Jonathan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, New York ;, Köln : : E.J. Brill,, [1994]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English; Hebrew
• Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 415 pages)

Qumran Prayer and Religious Poetry 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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / BILHAH NITZAN -- PREFACE / BILHAH NITZAN -- ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGLA / BILHAH NITZAN -- INIRODUCTION / BILHAH NITZAN -- FIXED PRAYER IN QUMRAN AND IN MAINSTREAM JUDAISM / BILHAH NITZAN -- FROM OCCASIONAL PRAYER TO FIXED PRAYER / BILHAH NITZAN -- FIXED PRAYER IN QUMRAN / BILHAH NITZAN -- THE FIXED SUPPLICATIONS (TEḥINNOT) FROM QUMRAN / BILHAH NITZAN -- PRAYER OF THE CONGREGATION / BILHAH NITZAN -- BLESSINGS AND CURSES / BILHAH NITZAN -- THE PRIESTLY BLESSING AS TEXTUAL FORM IN THE BIBLE AND IN QUMRAN / BILHAH NITZAN -- SONGS OF PRAISE / BILHAH NITZAN -- ESCHATOLOGICAL POETRY / BILHAH NITZAN -- MAGICAL POETRY / BILHAH NITZAN -- MYSTICAL POETRY / BILHAH NITZAN -- THE THANKSGIVING SCROLL (1QH) AND PRAYER TEXTS (A CONFRONTATION) / BILHAH NITZAN -- THE THANKSGIVING SCROLL (1QH)* AND PRAYER COMPOSITIONS / BILHAH NITZAN -- APPENDIX I: THE PRIESTLY BLESSING IN THE TRADITION OF JEWISH WORSHIP / BILHAH NITZAN -- APPENDIX II / BILHAH NITZAN -- APPENDIX III: THE QEDUŠA (TRISHAGION) / BILHAH NITZAN -- BIBLIOGRAPHY / BILHAH NITZAN -- INDEX OF REFERENCES / BILHAH NITZAN -- STUDIES ON THE TEXTS OF THE DESERT OF JUDAH / BILHAH NITZAN.