Avodah: Ancient Poems for Yom Kippur

Subject Index

subject index Aaron, 74, 76, 174, 178, 194, 248, 250, 310, 367, 370‒71 Abraham, 44‒46, 72, 160‒70, 242‒46, 304‒6, 369 Adam, 28‒29, 33, 44, 106, 108, 144, 369 Adam and Eve, 28‒29, 132‒42, 144‒50, 232‒35, 298‒302, 368 Angels, 36‒38, 43, 48, 96, 98, 102, 124, 132, 136, 168, 170, 178, 246, 250, 344 Apocrypha, 28‒29, 95, 343. See also source index Avodah controversies surrounding, 2, 26 history of, 15‒20, 367‒68 in the liturgy, 1, 19‒20, 21‒22, 69, 95, 291 literary techniques in, 20‒24 significance of, 1‒3 sources used in, 24‒30 themes in, 30‒39 use of ideal figures in, 369‒71 Azazel, 60, 62, 82, 206, 274 Behemoth, 31‒32, 124 Cairo Genizah, 2 Cain and Abel, 144‒50, 156, 236‒38, 302 Confession, 16‒17, 21‒22, 39, 58, 60‒62, 66, 80, 82, 88, 204‒6, 208, 214, 274‒75, 282, 324, 326, 332‒34 Creation, 18, 21, 26‒27, 30‒34, 44, 102‒28, 224‒30, 292‒98, 367, 369 of humanity, 124‒28, 132‒136, 296‒98 David, 302, 356 Dead Sea Scrolls, 2. See also source index Eschatology, 31, 33 Eden, 29, 70, 136‒38, 228, 234, 298 Eleazar ben Qallir, 11‒12, 15, 19, 95, 368 Elijah, 114, 230, 298 Eve, 29, 126, 134‒35, 138‒40, 142, 234, 298, 300‒302 Flood, 152‒60, 240, 304, 369 Gehenna, 226, 244‒45 God created humankind to praise Him, 33‒34 presence of, 3, 5,118, 170, 222‒24. See also Shekhinah praise of, 21, 96, 126, 222‒24 Hata6at, 208µ Hazan, 7, 9‒10µ High priest, 3, 4, 24‒25, 34‒39, 69, 176‒92, 200, 260‒88, 310‒39, 343, 344‒46, 350, 362, 369 glorification of, 34‒39, 367 wife of, 196, 254 Isaac, 6, 168‒70, 224‒46, 370 Ishmael, 168 Israel, 43, 72, 114, 130, 176, 188, 224, 286, 306, 338, 356, 358, 362, 364, Jacob, 46, 72, 170, 180, 246‒48, 298, 308, 368 Jerusalem, 56, 314, 362 “Jeweled style,” 11, 12 Jonah, 108, 114, 228 Joseph, 176, 316 Joshua, 114, 118, 228, 298, Kinnui. See Metonymy Levi, 21, 48, 74, 182, 246, 308, 370 Leviathan, 31‒32, 108, 122, 291 Messiah, 196 Metonymy, 11, 40, 95 Midrash, 2, 12, 26‒30, 33‒34, 96, 176, 256, 312 Minhah, 146, 254, 353µ Mishnah, 16, 24‒26, 53, 69, 282, 370 Moses, 12, 36, 114, 116, 174, 194, 226, 248, 250, 252, 298, 308, 344, 367, 370 Noah, 44, 70, 152, 156, 240, 304, 369 Piyyut, 1‒2, 10, 11‒15, 19, 176 meter and rhythm in, 39‒40 Priests, priesthood, 9, 10, 14‒15, 38, 72, 310, 314. See also High priest Poets, 10, 11‒15 Payetan. See Poets Pharisees, 24‒25 390 subject index Rabbis, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10. See also Sages Sacrifice, 1, 3, 4, 5, 30, 39, 146, 158, 312, 350, 368, 371 Sabbath, 29, 128‒32, 254 Sages, 9, 21, 24‒25, 198, 256. See also Rabbis Sarah, 168 Scapegoat, 206, 214‒16, 274 282, 286, 326, 322‒34, 338‒40 Sepphoris, 6‒7, 14 Shekhinah, 4, 118, 178, 212. See also God, presence of Snake, 138, 142, 234, 300 Synagogue, 5‒10, 13, 14, 371 Tamid, 17, 56‒58, 200, 270, 284, 338 Temple, 1, 2, 3, 4‒5, 6, 12, 30, 224, 352, 354, 360, 364, 371 Torah, 3, 26‒27, 95, 102‒4, 110, 158, 224, 256, 310, 368 Tower of Babel, 156‒60, 304 Translation, 39‒40, 349 Twelve tribes, 82‒86 Urim and Thummim, 192, 260, 322, 350 Vestments, 35‒36, 48, 74, 78‒80, 90, 92, 176‒92, 200, 260‒70, 316‒22, 334, 336 Yom Kippur, 1, 15, 16, 18, 48, 54, 89, 169, 196, 214, 282, 316, 336, 349 Yose ben Yose, 3, 11, 12, 15, 18‒19, 31, 34, 35, 95, 221, 291, 349 Zion, 200, 362 ...