Article
The Jewish Liturgy of Marriage
SIDIC
(1981)
Abstract
This essay examines the Jewish liturgy of marriage and how it reflects the axiological meaning of the intrinsic values of a significant collective experience. This article was revised and reprinted in Jewish Roots of Christian Liturgy, edited by Eugene J. Fisher, 65-81. New York: Paulist, 1990.
Keywords
- Jewish liturgy,
- marriage,
- nuptial covenant,
- berith,
- Bridegrooms' Benediction,
- Birkat Hatanim,
- imitatio Dei,
- Deut 11,
- Deuteronomy 11,
- Matrimonial Symbolism,
- prophetic speech,
- da'at,
- debhar,
- logos,
- Jer 2,
- Jeremiah 2,
- Ezek 16,
- Ezekiel 16,
- Gen 4,
- Genesis 4,
- suzerain treaty,
- Deut 26,
- Deuteronomy 26,
- Deut 27,
- Deuteronomy 27,
- Hos 2,
- Hosea 2,
- repentance,
- new covenant,
- Mal 2,
- Malachi 2,
- Mk10,
- Mark 10,
- Matt 19,
- Matthew 19,
- Matthew 5,
- Matt 5,
- altruistic love,
- Christian life,
- Pharasaic,
- Mishnah Giffin,
- Rabbi Yochanan,
- rabbinic,
- rabbis,
- Talmud Giffin,
- Lev 19,
- Leviticus 19,
- betrothal,
- qiddushin,
- nuptial canopy,
- Lev 18,
- Leviticus 18,
- Talmud Sotah,
- Rabbi Meir,
- Hierogamic Interpretation,
- Messianic Symbolism,
- marriage contract,
- gamikon,
- shir yediduth,
- Justin's Dialogue,
- Midrash Rabba,
- Zuta,
- Canticles,
- bridegroom,
- Jn 3,
- John 3,
- eleos,
- loving deeds,
- gemilut hesed,
- almsgiving,
- sedupsh,
- Heilsgeschichte,
- Adam and Eve,
- Pirqe de Rabbi Eliezer,
- Genesis Rabba,
- Soferim 19,
- Talmud Kettubah,
- pilgrimage,
- lament for the destruction of the Temple,
- Ma'on,
- Talmud Hagigah,
- Talmud Berakhot,
- Psalm 137,
- Isaiah 43,
- Isa 43,
- meherah,
- Jer 33,
- Jeremiah 33
Disciplines
Publication Date
1981
Citation Information
Asher Finkel. "The Jewish Liturgy of Marriage" SIDIC 14.1 (1981): 4-9.