My People's Prayer Book Vol 6: Tachanun and Concluding Prayers

Probes the theological complexities of human nature presented in Tachanun, the prayers that acknowledge human sin & petition divine pardon. Also discusses the prayers that conclude the standard Jewish service & Maimonides' thirteen principles of faith.

Author: Marc Zvi Brettler
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Published: 10/01/2002
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781683362142
ISBN10: 1683362144
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism | General
- Religion | Prayerbooks | Jewish

About the Author

Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler is the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies at Brandeis University. He contributed to all volumes of the My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, and to My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries; Who by Fire, Who by Water-Un'taneh Tokef; All These Vows-Kol Nidre; May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism-Yizkor; and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism-Ashamnu and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights). He is coeditor of The Jewish Annotated New Testament and The Jewish Study Bible, which won the National Jewish Book Award; co-author of The Bible and the Believer; and author of How to Read the Jewish Bible, among other books and articles. He has also been interviewed on National Public Radio's Fresh Air by Terry Gross.