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Ruth Langer offers an in-depth study of the birkat haminim, a Jewish prayer for the removal of those categories of human being who prevent the messianic redemption and the society envisioned for it. In its earliest form, the prayer cursed Christians, apostates to Christianity, sectarians, and enemies of Israel. Drawing on the shifting liturgical texts, polemics, and apologetics concerning the prayer, Langer traces the transformation of the birkat haminim from what functioned without question in the medieval world as a Jewish curse of Christians, through its early modern censorship by Christians, to its modern transformation within the Jewish world into a general petition that God remove evil from the world. Christian censorship played a crucial role in this transformation of the prayer; however, Langer argues that the truest transformation in meaning resulted from Jewish integration into Western culture. Eventually, the prayer shed its references to any specific category of human being and lost its function as a curse. Reconciliation between Jews and Christians today requires both communities to confront a long history of prejudice. Ruth Langer shows through the birkat haminim how the history of one liturgical text chronicled Jewish thinking about Christians over hundreds of years.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
ISBN-100199783179
ISBN-139780199783175
eBay Product ID (ePID)113094920
Dimensions
Weight734g
Height241mm
Width163mm
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Place of PublicationNew York
Spine32mm
First Published2012
Author BiographyAssociate Professor of Jewish Studies and Associate Director, Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Boston College
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
Author(s)Ruth Langer
Date of Publication13/12/2011
SubjectNon-Christian Religions
ImprintOxford University Press Inc
GenreNon-Christian Religions
Country of PublicationUnited States
