Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls (1998 Falk), book
Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls (1998) is a book by Daniel K. Falk.
Abstract
"All the evidence for daily, sabbath, and festival prayers in the Qumran scrolls is analysed in detail, document by document. On the basis of formal features and social-liturgical setting, these prayers are compared with each other to uncover divergent prayer traditions. Comparative material beyond the scrolls is used to reassess their place in the development of Jewish prayer. Evidence for prayers of different origin found at Qumran is important for reconsidering the nature of the scrolls, the community(s) which used them, and the history of Jewish liturgy. For several texts significant new reconstructions are offered."--Publisher description.
Editions and translations
Published in Kinderhook, NY: Brill, 1997. First European edition published in Leiden: Brill, 1998. Reprinted in Boston: Brill, 1998.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- 1. Method
- 1. Daily Prayers
- 1. Dating and Provenance
- 2. Reconstruction
- 3. Prayer Formulas
- 4. Structure and Content
- 5. Liturgical Use
- 6. Summary
- 2. Words of the Luminaries
- 1. Dating and Provenance
- 2. Reconstruction
- 3. Form and Content
- 4. Liturgical Use
- 5. Summary
- 3. Other Evidence for Daily Prayer
- 1. 11QPs² David's Compositions
- 2. 4Q408
- 3. 4Q334
- 4. War Scroll
- 5. Hodayot
- 6. Community Rule
- 7. SUmmary
- 4. Sabbath Prayer
- 1. 11QPs² David's Compositions
- 2. Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice
- 3. Daily Prayers
- 4. Words of the Luminaries
- 5. Summary
- 5. Prayer at Festivals
- 1. Festival Prayers
- 2. Other Evidence for Festival Prayer
- 3. Festival Prayers in Context
- 4. Summary
- 6. Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayer in Context
- 1. Annual Covenant Ceremony
- 2. Continuity and Modification
- 3. Motivation for Liturgical Prayer
- 4. Obligation in Prayer
- Conclusion
- Appendix