Dear Colleagues--
Thank you very much for your kind and helpful replies to my inquiry
for suggestions on reading for my patron on the history and content
of the classical Jewish prayers. For the convenience of all, here is
a complete list of those titles suggested so far.
Dan Rettberg
Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer
Klau Library
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Arzt, Max. Justice and mercy: commentary on the liturgy of the New
Year and the Day of Atonement. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963.
Donin, Hayim Halevy. To pray as a Jew: a guide to the prayer book and
the synagogue service. New York: Basic Books, c1980.
Elbogen, Ismar, 1874-1943; translated by Raymond P. Scheindlin.
Jewish liturgy: a comprehensive history. Philadelphia: Jewish
Publication Society; New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1993.
Hammer, Reuven. Entering Jewish prayer: a guide to personal devotion
and the worship service. New York: Schocken Books, 1994
Millgram, Abraham Ezra, 1901- Jewish worship. Philadelphia: Jewish
Publication Society of America, 1971.
Munk, Elie. The world of prayer: commentary and translation of the
Siddur; [translated by Henry Biberfeld in collaboration with Leonard
Oschry; new edition edited by Michael Plotkin]. Jerusalem; New York:
Feldheim Publishers, c2007.
My people's prayer book: traditional prayers, modern commentaries.
Edited and with .introductions by Lawrence A. Hoffman. Woodstock,
Vt.: Jewish Lights Pub., 1997- 10 v.
Reif, Stefan C., 1944- Judaism and Hebrew prayer: new perspectives on
Jewish liturgical history. Cambridge; New York, NY, US: Cambridge
University Press, 1993.
Rosenberg, Arnold. Jewish Liturgy as a Spiritual System. Northvale,
N.J.: Jason Aronson, c1997.
Schonfield, Jeremy. Undercurrents of Jewish Prayer. Oxford; Portland,
OR: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2006.
Steinsaltz, Adin. A guide to Jewish prayer. New York: Schocken Books, c2000.
Dan Rettberg
Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer
Klau Library
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Cincinnati, Ohio
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