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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1025-9996
- eISSN
- 1872-471X
- DOI
- 10.1163/1872471X-12341244
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Abstract It is a common misconception that the haftarah started as a replacement for the reading of the Torah. This idea has its modern source in an influential article published in 1927 by Jacob Mann. Going back to rabbinical and medieval sources shows that we should read them as topological texts. They give a pseudo-historical basis to well known and loved features of the service, like the haftarah, thereby missing a straightforward Talmudic source. Furthermore, they also seem to be in dialog with other medieval texts that speak about martyrdom as a reaction to repression.
Journal
European Journal of Jewish Studies – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2013
Keywords: Jacob Mann; Haftarah; History of Liturgy; Rhetorics; Halakha