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Rise and Be Seated

Rise and Be Seated The Ups and Downs of Jewish Worship

Hardback (31 May 2001)

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Publisher's Synopsis

While other books targeted at an interdenominational audience have discussed holy space-and-time where words and music come together via transformative ritualized chant, Rise and Be Seated is the first to locate that approach exclusively within Jewish worship, traditionally free-flowing and democratic rather than pulpit-directed and elitist. It advocates a return to the historic synagogue practice of purposeful dialogue between a congregation and its 'surrogate in prayer'-often a layperson-as opposed to the current extremes of non-stop rote reading or rote singing activated only on command. Its message: In order to help ensure Jewish continuity on this continent, we had best retain enough of the received liturgy along with its normative modes of performance so that tomorrow's worshippers may inherit something sufficiently viable with which to experiment on their own.

Book information

ISBN: 9780765761378
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
Imprint: Jason Aronson
Pub date:
DEWEY: 296.45
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 291
Weight: 635g
Height: 236mm
Width: 164mm
Spine width: 29mm