We Have Sinned
Sin and Confession in Judaism-Ashamnu and Al Chet (Prayers of Awe)
By: Tony Bayfield (Contribution by), Will Berkovitz (Contribution by), Annette M. Boeckler (Contribution by)
Hardcover | 1 August 2012
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A varied and fascinating look at sin, confession and pardon in Judaism.
Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, almost forty contributors—men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations—examine the history of confession in Judaism, its roots in the Bible, its evolution in rabbinic and modern thought, and the very nature of confession for men and women today.
Featuring the traditional prayers—provided in the original Hebrew and a new and annotated translation—this third volume in the Prayers of Awe series explores the relevance of confession today in what is bound to be the most up-to-date, comprehensive and insightful reconsideration of sin and confession in Judaism.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Rabbi Tony Bayfield, CBE, DD (Lambeth) • Rabbi Will Berkovitz • Dr. Annette M. Boeckler • Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler • Dr. Erica Brown • Rabbi Lawrence A. Englander, DHL • Lisa Exler • Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman • Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand • Rabbi Edwin Goldberg • Rabbi Andrew Goldstein, PhD • Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, PhD • Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD • Rabbi Walter Homolka, PhD, DHL • Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur • Rabbi Elie Kaunfer • Rabbi Reuven Kimelman, PhD • Rabbi Lawrence Kushner • Rabbi Noa Kushner • Rabbi Daniel Landes • Rabbi Ruth Langer, PhD • Catherine Madsen • Rabbi Jonathan Magonet, PhD • Rabbi Dalia Marx, PhD • Ruth Messinger • Charles H. Middleburgh, PhD • Rabbi Jay Henry Moses • Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, PhD • Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, DMin • Rabbi Marc Saperstein, PhD • Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater, DMin • Rabbi David A. Teutsch, PhD • Dr. Ellen M. Umansky • Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig, DD • Dr. Ron Wolfson • Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel • Dr. Wendy Zierler
A varied and fascinating look at sin, confession and pardon in Judaism.
Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, almost forty contributors-men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations-examine the history of confession in Judaism, its roots in the Bible, its evolution in rabbinic and modern thought, and the very nature of confession for men and women today.
Featuring the traditional prayers-provided in the original Hebrew and a new and annotated translation-this third volume in the Prayers of Awe series explores the relevance of confession today in what is bound to be the most up-to-date, comprehensive and insightful reconsideration of sin and confession in Judaism.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Rabbi Tony Bayfield, CBE, DD (Lambeth) Rabbi Will Berkovitz Dr. Annette M. Boeckler Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler Dr. Erica Brown Rabbi Lawrence A. Englander, DHL Lisa Exler Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand Rabbi Edwin Goldberg Rabbi Andrew Goldstein, PhD Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, PhD Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD Rabbi Walter Homolka, PhD, DHL Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur Rabbi Elie Kaunfer Rabbi Reuven Kimelman, PhD Rabbi Lawrence Kushner Rabbi Noa Kushner Rabbi Daniel Landes Rabbi Ruth Langer, PhD Catherine Madsen Rabbi Jonathan Magonet, PhD Rabbi Dalia Marx, PhD Ruth Messinger Charles H. Middleburgh, PhD Rabbi Jay Henry Moses Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, PhD Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, DMin Rabbi Marc Saperstein, PhD Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater, DMin Rabbi David A. Teutsch, PhD Dr. Ellen M. Umansky Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig, DD Dr. Ron Wolfson Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel Dr. Wendy Zierler
Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Sin and Confession in Judaism: From the Bible to Today | |
The Liturgy of Confession: What It Is and Why We Say It | p. 3 |
From Penitence to Nobility: Modes of Jewish Piety | p. 13 |
Sin, Sanction, and Confession in the Bible | p. 32 |
The Problem of Repentance: A Dilemma in Late Medieval Sephardic Preaching | p. 39 |
Six Understandings of Confession for Our Time | p. 46 |
Al Chet in Israeli Culture: Israeli Confessions over Everything | p. 60 |
Ashamnu and Al Chet: The Yom Kippur Liturgy of Confession | |
Editor's Introduction | p. 91 |
Translator's Introduction | p. 92 |
Annotated Translation | p. 94 |
Preamble to Confession (Ki Anu Amekha, "For We Are Your People") | p. 94 |
Vidui Zuta: The Short Confession (Ashamnu, "We Have Been Guilty …") | p. 96 |
Vidui Rabbah: The Long Confession (Al Chet, "For the Sin …") | p. 98 |
Ashamnu and Al Chet: As Prayer Book Editors See Them | |
Finding Ourselves in God | p. 111 |
Multiplying the Sins | p. 115 |
For the Sin of "Unattempted Loveliness" | p. 119 |
Manifesting as Jews | p. 123 |
From Staid Sins of Yesteryear to Wrongdoings of Today | p. 128 |
"Our Sins? They're Not All Mine!" | p. 134 |
Ashamnu and Al Chet: Interpretations for Today | |
We Are All Unrepentant Humanists | p. 141 |
Forgiving God | p. 146 |
For the Sin of … Poor Leadership | p. 150 |
We Can't Really Be That Evil! | p. 155 |
We Have Sinned: T'shuvah in a Globalized World | p. 160 |
The Power of Words: Radical Creation, Radical Atonement | p. 164 |
What We Learn from Having So Many Sins | p. 168 |
From First Confession to Perfection of Character | p. 171 |
The Jewish "ABC Song" | p. 176 |
Aval Chatanu ("But / In Truth, We Have Sinned"): A Literary Investigation | p. 181 |
Confession and Its Discontents | p. 186 |
On Hitting Yourself | p. 191 |
What We Do Not Know | p. 196 |
Vidui and Its Halakhic Contexts | p. 199 |
Putting the Performance of the Vidui in Its Context | p. 205 |
Back to Zero | p. 210 |
Secrets and Silence: The Hidden Power of the Un-confessional Vidui | p. 214 |
The Remembrance of Things Past (and Future), Private (and Public) | p. 218 |
Can "Sin" Be Redeemed? New Metaphors for an Old Problem | p. 222 |
"Later He Realizes His Guilt" | p. 227 |
Some Are Guilty, All Are Responsible | p. 232 |
Sin, Confession, and … Forgiveness? | p. 235 |
Percussing the Heart | p. 240 |
Al Chet Shechatanu: Collectively We Own Them All | p. 242 |
Trying to Say Something, Something: Magnolia and Confession | p. 246 |
The Personal Prayers of the Rabbis (Talmud, Berakhot 16b-17a) | p. 251 |
Confessions of the Rabbis (Talmud, Yoma 87b) | p. 254 |
Notes | p. 256 |
Glossary | p. 270 |
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ISBN: 9781580236126
ISBN-10: 158023612X
Series: Prayers of Awe
Published: 1st August 2012
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 306
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 15.24 x 2.06
Weight (kg): 0.55
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