Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship (Two Liturgical Traditions)

by PaulF.Bradshaw (Editor), LawrenceA.,PhDHoffman (Editor)

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2009
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More than a series of rites of passage through the landmarks of growing up and growing old, Jewish and Christian life-cycle rituals give the members of each religious tradition theological and ritualised definitions of what a life should be. In this volume, the fourth in the acclaimed series Two Liturgical Traditions, eight scholars explore the models of human life implicit in Judaism and Christianity by unravelling and exploring the evolution and current condition of their life-cycle liturgies.

By combining the historical-critical method of traditional scholarship with that of more recent theory drawn from the human sciences, Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship provides a novel treatment of Jewish and Christian life cycles, past and present, and is a unique and invaluable guide to the history, practice, and theology of life-cycle liturgy.

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More than a series of rites of passage through the landmarks of growing up and growing old, Jewish and Christian life-cycle rituals give the members of each religious tradition theological and ritualised definitions of what a life should be. In this volume, the fourth in the acclaimed series Two Liturgical Traditions, eight scholars explore the models of human life implicit in Judaism and Christianity by unravelling and exploring the evolution and current condition of their life-cycle liturgies.

By combining the historical-critical method of traditional scholarship with that of more recent theory drawn from the human sciences, Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship provides a novel treatment of Jewish and Christian life cycles, past and present, and is a unique and invaluable guide to the history, practice, and theology of life-cycle liturgy.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 31 Mar 2009
ISBN 10: 0268022186
ISBN 13: 9780268022181

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For those new to the book's subject matter, this collection of essays gives an excellent basis for developing the subject and will entice the reader to further research. --Heythrop Journal, The

Author Bio

Paul F. Bradshaw is professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame, USA and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University's London Centre.

Lawrence A. Hoffman is 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, USA

Bradshaw and Hoffman are co-editors of other books in the Two Liturgical Traditions series, including Passover and Easter: Origin and History to Modern Times and Passover and Easter: The Symbolic Structuring of Sacred Seasons, also both published by the University of Notre Dame Press.