Studies in Modern Theology and Prayer
Jakob Petuchowski was a leading scholar in the Reform movement, especially in the field of liturgy. This collection of twenty-two essays and studies represents a cross section of his work. Dr. Petuchowski embodied a dynamic synthesis of traditional learning and modern thinking. The essays collected here pay tribute to the world of German Jewish scholarship that formed the background out of which his ideas emerged.
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Jakob Petuchowski was a leading scholar in the Reform movement, especially in the field of liturgy. This collection of twenty-two essays and studies represents a cross section of his work. Dr. Petuchowski embodied a dynamic synthesis of traditional learning and modern thinking. The essays collected here pay tribute to the world of German Jewish scholarship that formed the background out of which his ideas emerged.
ForewordAcknowledgmentsA Note from the EditorsIntroductionBiblical and Rabbinic ThoughtFaith and Works in the Biblical Confrontation of Prophets and Priests3The Concept of Teshubhah in the Bible and the Talmud13The Mumar - A Study in Rabbinic Psychology25Qol Adonai: A Study in Rabbinic Theology37The Rabbi and the Tree (Abhoth 3:7)47On the Frontiers of TheologyFrontiers of Jewish Theology55Plural Models within the Halakhah61Speaking of God75Messianic Dialectics within Judaism89The Concept of Revelation in Reform Judaism101Confrontation with ModernityThe Danger of Thinking in Our Ancestors' Categories115The Quantification of Piety125Dissenting Thoughts about the Holocaust131"Jewish Survival" and Anti-Semitism139Liturgy and ReformSome Laws of Jewish Liturgical Development153Liberal Halakhah and Liturgy169Modern Misunderstandings of an Ancient Benediction183From Censorship Prevention to theological Reform: A Study in the Modern Jewish Prayerbook193History of Reform JudaismFrankfurt Jewry: A Model of Transition to Modernity223Manuals and Catechisms of the Jewish Religion in the Early Period of Emancipation239Abraham Geiger and Samuel Holdheim: Their Differences in Germany and Repercussions in America257Bibliography of the Scholarly Publications of Jakob Josef Petuchowski283List of Biblical Passages Cited295List of Rabbinic Passages Cited299Index303
