The Jewish Roots of Christian Liturgy

216 Pages·1990·5.937 MB·English

by  Eugene J. Fisher

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The Jewish Roots
of Christian Liturgy
Edited by
Eugene J. Fisher
Paulist Press
New York/Mahwah
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
God’s Mercy Endures Forever: Guidelines on the Presentation of Jews and Judaism in
Catholic Preaching © 1989 United States Catholic Conference. All rights reserved.
Copies of this work may be ordered from Publishing Services, USCC, 1312 Massachu¬
setts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005 or call (800) 235-USCC.
Copyright © 1990 by Dr. Eugene Fisher and SIDIC (Service International de Docu¬
mentation Judeo-Chretienne)
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording,
or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from
the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Jewish roots of Christian liturgy / edited by Eugene J. Fisher,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8091-3132-3
1. Liturgies. 2. Judaism—Liturgy. 3. Liturgies, Early
Christian. 4. Catholic Church—Liturgy. I. Fisher, Eugene J
BV178.J48 1990
264—dc20 89-39796
CIP
Published by Paulist Press
997 Macarthur Boulevard
Mahwah, N.J. 07430
Printed and bound in the United States of America
Contents
Introduction: Jewish Liturgy and Christian Liturgy:
Roots and Tensions
Eugene J. Fisher . 1
PART I: JEWISH ORIGINS AND
CHRISTIAN LITURGY
The Jewish Roots of Christian Liturgy
Sofia Cavaletti . 7
The Beginnings of Christian Liturgy in Judaism
Sharon Bums . 41
“Where Two or Three . . The Rabbinic Concept of
Shekhinah and Matthew 18:20
Joseph Sievers . 47
PART II: LITURGY AND LIFE CYCLES
The Jewish Liturgy of Marriage
Asher Finkel . 65
Judaism and the Christian Liturgy of Marriage:
Similarities and Differences
Adrien Nocent, O.S.B. 82
A Jewish Concept of Death
Giuseppe Laras .SOCIAL SCIENCES 'DIVIS!^
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Contents
IV
Jewish and Christian Liturgy in the Face of Death
Carmine Di Sante . 108
He Slept with His Fathers
Marie-Madeleine Jung .. 113
PART III: SABBATH AND SUNDAY
A Case Study: Sabbath and Sunday
Eugene J. Fisher . 119
Jewish Sabbath
Isidoro Kahn . 121
Christian Sunday
Adrien Nocent, O.S.B. 130
Tensions Between Sabbath and Sunday
David Flusser . 142
The Sabbath: Call to Justice and Freedom
Bernard Dupuy . 148
PART IV: LITURGICAL TENSIONS
AND LITURGICAL RENEWAL
Anti-Jewish Elements in Christian Liturgy
Piet van Boxel and Margaret McGrath . 161
Catholic Liturgy: From Theory to Praxis
Eugene J. Fisher . 168
Appendix: Introductory Note
Eugene J. Fisher . 179
Contents v
Appendix: “God’s Mercy Endures Forever: Guidelines on the
Presentation of Jews and Judaism in Catholic Preaching”
National Conference of Catholic Bishops . 180
Suggested Reading . 197
Contributor Biographies . 200