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Lawrence A. Hoffman
Dr. Hoffman is Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professor of Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual and Director of the Synagogue 2000 Initiative for synagogue spirituality, HUC-JIR, New York. His research, writing and classes fall into three categories: 1) the history of Jewish liturgy; 2)ritual studies (the application of the human sciences and philosophical thought to the act of human ritual); 3) contemporary worship and modern Jewish spirituality.
Education
- Ordained, HUC-JIR, New York (1969)
- Ph.D., HUC-JIR (Cincinnati) (1973)
Recent Books
- The Canonization of the Synagogue Service (Studies in Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, No 4) Univ. of Notre Dame
Press, 1986 (order online from amazon.com)
- The Land of Israel : Jewish Perspectives (University of Notre Dame Center for the Study of Judaism and Christianity in
Antiquity, No 6) Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 1986 (order online from amazon.com)
- Beyond the Text: A Holistic Approach to Liturgy (Jewish Literature and Culture) with Tim Flinders , Indiana Univ. Press,
1989 (order online from amazon.com)
- The Making of Jewish and Christian Liturgies (Two Liturgical Traditions: Volume One) coedited with Paul Bradshaw,
University of Notre Dame, 1991 (order online from amazon.com)
- Sacred Places and the Pilgrimage of Life Liturgy Training Publications, 1991 (order online
from amazon.com)
- The Changing Face of Jewish and Christian Worship in America (Two Liturgical Traditions: Volume Two) coedited with Paul
Bradshaw, University of Notre Dame, 1991 (order online from amazon.com)
- Sacred Sound and Social Change (Two Liturgical Traditions: Volume Three) coedited with Janet Walton, University of Notre
Dame, 1993 (order online from amazon.com)
- What Is A Jew? [originally by Morris Kertzer, Newly Revised and Rewritten], Macmillan, 1993 (
order online from amazon.com)
- Covenant of Blood: Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism University of Chicago Press, 1995 (order online from amazon.com)
- Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship (Two Liturgical Traditions: Vol. 4) coedited with Paul F. Bradshaw, University
of Notre Dame Press, 1996 (order online from amazon.com)
- Minhag Ami: My People's Prayer Book, Vol. 1, The Sh'ma and Its Blessings Jewish Lights Publishing, 1997 (order online from Jewish Lights)
- Israel: A Spiritual Travel Guide Jewish lights Publishing, 1998 (order online from
Jewish Lights)
- Minhag Ami: My People's Prayer Book, Vol. 2, The Amidah Jewish Lights Publishing, 1998 (order
online from Jewish Lights)
- The Art of Public Prayer: Not for Clergy Only [Newly Revised], Skylight Press, January, 1999 (order online from amazon.com)
- Minhag Ami: My People's Prayer Book, Vol. 3, P'sukei D'zimrah
(Morning Psalms) (Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1999).
- The Way Into Jewish Prayer (Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2000).
- Minhag Ami: My People's Prayer Book, Vol.4, The Liturgy Surrounding the Torah Reading (Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights
Publishing, 2000).
- Minhag Ami: My People's Prayer Book, Vo. 5, Birkhot Hashachar (Morning Blessings), (Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights
Publishing, 2001).
- Minhag Ami: My People's Prayer Book, Vol. 6, Tachanun and Concluding Prayers ([forthcoming] Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights
Publishing, 2002).
- The Journey Home: Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition ([forthcoming] Boston: Beacon Press, June,
2002)
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