We have sinned : sin and confession in Judaism : Ashamnu and Al chet /
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| Edition: | 2012 hardcover ed. |
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| Imprint: | Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Pub., 2012. |
| Description: | x, 277 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English Hebrew |
| Series: | Prayers of awe Prayers of awe. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8921219 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Sin and Confession in Judaism: From the Bible to Today
- The Liturgy of Confession: What It Is and Why We Say It
- From Penitence to Nobility: Modes of Jewish Piety
- Sin, Sanction, and Confession in the Bible
- The Problem of Repentance: A Dilemma in Late Medieval Sephardic Preaching
- Six Understandings of Confession for Our Time
- Al Chet in Israeli Culture: Israeli Confessions over Everything
- Part II. Ashamnu and Al Chet: The Yom Kippur Liturgy of Confession
- Editor's Introduction
- Translator's Introduction
- Annotated Translation
- A. Preamble to Confession (Ki Anu Amekha, "For We Are Your People")
- B. Vidui Zuta: The Short Confession (Ashamnu, "We Have Been Guilty ...")
- C. Vidui Rabbah: The Long Confession (Al Chet, "For the Sin ...")
- Part III. Ashamnu and Al Chet: As Prayer Book Editors See Them
- Finding Ourselves in God
- Multiplying the Sins
- For the Sin of "Unattempted Loveliness"
- Manifesting as Jews
- From Staid Sins of Yesteryear to Wrongdoings of Today
- "Our Sins? They're Not All Mine!"
- Part IV. Ashamnu and Al Chet: Interpretations for Today
- We Are All Unrepentant Humanists
- Forgiving God
- For the Sin of ... Poor Leadership
- We Can't Really Be That Evil!
- We Have Sinned: T'shuvah in a Globalized World
- The Power of Words: Radical Creation, Radical Atonement
- What We Learn from Having So Many Sins
- From First Confession to Perfection of Character
- The Jewish "ABC Song"
- Aval Chatanu ("But / In Truth, We Have Sinned"): A Literary Investigation
- Confession and Its Discontents
- On Hitting Yourself
- What We Do Not Know
- Vidui and Its Halakhic Contexts
- Putting the Performance of the Vidui in Its Context
- Back to Zero
- Secrets and Silence: The Hidden Power of the Un-confessional Vidui
- The Remembrance of Things Past (and Future), Private (and Public)
- Can "Sin" Be Redeemed? New Metaphors for an Old Problem
- "Later He Realizes His Guilt"
- Some Are Guilty, All Are Responsible
- Sin, Confession, and ... Forgiveness?
- Percussing the Heart
- Al Chet Shechatanu: Collectively We Own Them All
- Trying to Say Something, Something: Magnolia and Confession
- Appendix A. The Personal Prayers of the Rabbis (Talmud, Berakhot 16b-17a)
- Appendix B. Confessions of the Rabbis (Talmud, Yoma 87b)
- Notes
- Glossary
