Kol Nidre : Studies in the Development of Rabbinic Votive Institutions / Moshe Benovitz.

  • Moshe Benovitz.
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1998-2020
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Providence, RI : Brown Judaic Studies, 1998-2020.
Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press, 1998-2020.

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x, 214 pages ; pages cm.

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Contents

Introduction -- Neder: The Origin and Meaning of the Post-Biblical Prohibitive Vow -- Issar: A Term in Search of Meaning -- Herem: The Communal Vow -- Qonam, Kinnui, and Qonas: Substitute Vow Formulae -- Shevuah: Taking the Name of the Lord -- Hatarat Nedarim: The Dissolution of Vows -- Kol Nidre.

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Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.

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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2020. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])

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  • 9781946527677