Making of Jewish and Christian Worship, The (Two Liturgical Traditions) (Two Liturgical Traditions, 1) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0268012083 ISBN 13: 9780268012083

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991

Synopsis

This volume inaugurates a series celebrating the liturgical and ecumenical breakthrough that has marked the past several decades. Both Jews and Christians have come to new, even revolutionary, views of worship, not only how it began but also what it is today. The first volume describes how the liturgies of synagogue and church were born and how they evolved through the ages. This dual focus on both past and present, by no means accidental, shows clearly that from a liturgical point of view there is no such thing as purely academic scholarship. In an age that values tradition even as it criticizes it, the reconstruction of yesterday's liturgical practice has an impact upon today's spirituality. The idea for Bradshaw's and Hoffman's three-volume series came from what may have been the first-joint Jewish and Christian conference on liturgy, held at the University of Notre Dame in June, 1988. The first two volumes of this series contain some of the papers delivered at the conference itself, and other countributions that were specially written to complement them. Contributors: Paul F. Bradshaw, Lawrence A. Hoffman, Tzvee Zahavy, Marilyn J. S. Chiat and Marchita B. Mauck, Stefan C. Reif, Eric L. Friedland, John F. Baldovin, S.J., and Susan J. White.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul F. Bradshaw is an emeritus professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame.

Lawrence A. Hoffman is Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professor of Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual and director of the Synagogue 2000 Initiative for synagogue spirituality, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York.

Review:

“There is something here for everyone. For the seasoned scholar, a challenge to review his or her methodology. For the scholar steeped in one tradition and not the other, a closer look at two traditions side by side. For the generalist, a concise summary of the state of the question and a good look at the conclusions of the latest scholarship. For the novice, a readable introduction to the best of Jewish and Christian liturgical scholarship.” (Worship)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0268012083
• ISBN 13: 9780268012083
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222
• Editor: Bradshaw Paul F., Hoffman Lawrence A.