Home›Sources›Jewish Liturgy: A Comprehensive HistorySourcesJewish Liturgy: A Comprehensive HistoryCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Jewish Liturgy: A Comprehensive History." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/jewish-liturgy-a-comprehensive-history.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Jewish Liturgy: A Comprehensive History. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/jewish-liturgy-a-comprehensive-historyCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-jewish-liturgy-a-comprehensive-history, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Jewish Liturgy: A Comprehensive History}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/jewish-liturgy-a-comprehensive-history}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXIsmar Elbogen's standard critical history of the Jewish prayer service, first published in German in 1913 and issued in this English translation by Raymond P. Scheindlin with an updated bibliography by the Jewish Publication Society and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Elbogen's foundational standing in the field and the scholarly publication place this at this atlas's top tier. It is the strongest available source for the historical development of Jewish liturgy. Its core research predates a century of subsequent scholarship even with the updated bibliography, so a claim resting on the most recent liturgical scholarship may need a newer study alongside it.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (1,463 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedIsmar Elbogen, translated by Raymond P. ScheindlinPublisherWell-attestedJewish Publication Society and Jewish Theological SeminaryPublication YearWell-attested1993URLWell-attestedhttps://jps.org/books/jewish-liturgy/Source TypeWell-attestedScholarly workAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The standard critical scholarly history of the Jewish prayer service, first published by a leading Jewish studies scholar and revised in its English edition with an updated bibliography.NotesWell-attestedThe standard critical history of the Jewish prayer service; first published in German in 1913 and revised in the English edition with an updated bibliography.Claims Backed By This Source (1,463 claims)This source backs 1,463 claims across the atlas. As facts: 1,170 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 116 holds, 3 held Differently. Plus 173 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicScripture Portions, 888 claims: 726 well-attested, 54 holds, 108 general references.Articles, 173 claims: 170 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 125 claims: 92 well-attested, 15 holds, 18 general references.Practices, 98 claims: 77 well-attested, 11 holds, 10 general references.Mantras, 49 claims: 38 well-attested, 6 holds, 5 general references.Rituals, 36 claims: 21 well-attested, 7 holds, 8 general references.Prayers, 19 claims: 11 well-attested, 8 general references.Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 15 claims: 9 well-attested, 3 holds, 3 general references.Denominations, 13 claims: 7 holds, 3 held Differently, 3 general references.Sacred Sound, 13 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds, 3 general references.Creeds & Confessions, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Holidays & Festivals, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.Religious Roles & Titles, 5 claims: 4 holds, 1 general references.Cultures, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Myths & Sacred Narratives, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested1,170ArticlesA Barren Woman Told to Sing, and Water Offered Free of CostA Boy Told He Was Known Before He Was FormedA Brother Sold for Silver, Named Without Being NamedA Childless Couple Told Their Son Will Be a Nazirite From BirthA City Charged Directly With Its Own BloodshedA City Rebuilt With Sapphires, and an Invitation to Free WaterA Contest on Carmel Between One Prophet and Four HundredA Countable Census Answered by an Uncountable PromiseA Covenant to Free Slaves, Made and Then BrokenA Dream Answered With Wisdom, Proven Before Two MothersA Dying King's Last Instructions to His SonA Field Bought in a City Under SiegeA Foreign Commander Cured by Bathing in an Unimpressive RiverA Fourth Blessing Added After a Failed RevoltA Future Altar Measured Out, and Seven Days to Consecrate ItA Golden Calf and a Contest Fought Over the Same QuestionA Golden Lampstand Between Two Olive TreesA Haftarah Chosen by the Calendar, Not by This Week's ParashahA Hand Reached Out to Steady the Ark, and a Death That Followed ItA Judge Who Led From Under a Palm Tree, and a Song Sung AfterA King Grown Cold, and a Throne Contested Before He Has DiedA Later Egypt Falls Where the Parashah's First Egypt Once RuledA Leader's Integrity Defended Against an Implicit ChallengeA Line Censored Across Centuries of European PrintingA Line Whispered by Rule, Not by HabitA Man Who Served for a Wife, and a Nation Called Back to ReturnA Midnight Gathering Born of PersecutionA Mode for Every OccasionA Nazirite Vow Assigned Before Birth Rather Than ChosenA New Name for a City Once Called ForsakenA Prayer That Competes with the Working DayA Prayer That Marks a SeamA Promise of Future Redemption Opening the Book of BondageA Prophet Flees His Own Victory Into the WildernessA Rejected Son Becomes the Very Leader His Brothers NeedA Rite Whose Own Reason Was LostA Second Conqueror Announced Against the Same Ancient EnemyA Second Creator Language, Spoken to a People in ExileA Second Deathbed Charge, a Generation After the FirstA Second Mission of Spies, With a Different OutcomeA Second Rebuke Paired With a Second Set of Sacrificial LawsA Sentence with Four Possible TranslationsA Shrub in the Desert, and a Tree Planted by WaterA Single Verse Recalling Years of Labor for Rachel and LeahA Son Promised in Old Age, Twice OverA Struggle at Bethel Recalled, and a People Compared to a Trader's ScalesA Text That Fits Almost Any TuneA Text Weaponized, and a Melody Composed by an OutsiderA Throne, Seraphim, and a Live Coal Touched to the LipsA Tired God Never Grows Weary, and One Man Is Called From the EastShowing 1 to 50 of 323 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate1Creeds & ConfessionsShema YisraelHolds116ArticlesFourteen Liturgical Hymns Moving Through the Week, the Life Cycle and the Jewish YearCreeds & ConfessionsShema YisraelCulturesAshkenazi JewsDenominationsOrthodox JudaismHolidays & FestivalsSimchat TorahHymns & Liturgical TextsAleinuAmidahBirkat HamazonEl Malei RachamimHallelKol NidreLekha DodiShalom AleichemYedid NefeshMantrasAna BeKhoachBarukh Atah AdonaiBarukh Shem KevodKaddishShema YisraelPracticesHakafotHoshanotKabbalat ShabbatMaarivMinchaMusafPesukei DezimraSefirat HaOmerSelichotShacharitReligious Roles & TitlesCantorRitualsNusach AshkenazNusach Edot HaMizrachNusach SefardShabbatSacred Objects & Ritual ItemsMachzorMatzahSiddurSacred SoundHazzanut (Cantorial Chant)NusachScripture PortionsAchrei MotBalakBamidbarBechukotaiBehaalotechaBeharBereshitBeshalachBoChayei SarahChukatShowing 1 to 50 of 93 entities carrying this claim. NextHeld Differently3DenominationsConservative JudaismReform JudaismGeneral References173ArticlesFourteen Liturgical Hymns Moving Through the Week, the Life Cycle and the Jewish YearRecited Twice a Day and Once at the EndCreeds & ConfessionsShema YisraelCulturesAshkenazi JewsDenominationsConservative JudaismOrthodox JudaismReform JudaismHolidays & FestivalsSimchat TorahHymns & Liturgical TextsAdon OlamAleinuAmidahBirkat HamazonEl Malei RachamimHallelKaddish (Doxology)Kol NidreLekha DodiModeh AniShalom AleichemYedid NefeshYigdalMantrasAna BeKhoachBarukh Atah AdonaiBarukh Shem KevodKaddishShema YisraelMyths & Sacred NarrativesJonah and the Great FishPracticesHakafotHoshanotKabbalat ShabbatMaarivMinchaMusafPesukei DezimraSefirat HaOmerSelichotShacharitPrayersAmidah: First BlessingBirkat Hamazon: First BlessingElohai NeshamahHashkiveinuOseh ShalomShema YisraelThe Half KaddishYizkorReligious Roles & TitlesCantorRitualsHavdalahKiddushKorban (The Israelite Offering)Nusach AshkenazShowing 1 to 50 of 168 entities carrying this claim. 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