The Prayer Rites of Synagogal Worship and Their Historical Development: Edited and Translated by Stefan C. Reif an English Translation of the German E

by Leopold Zunz

Given Leopold Zunz's difficult German style and the tight conciseness of his presentation, it is hardly surprising that no English translation of his Die Ritus (1859) has been published. The Hebrew edition of 2016 does not aim to place this pioneering work in the context of Jewish liturgical history, sometimes opts for a paraphrase, rather than a literal translation, and does not always make it easy to distinguish Zunz from later scholarship. There...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111139689
• ISBN13: 9783111139685
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"