{"id":1776,"date":"2018-09-09T08:43:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T12:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utj.org\/viewpoints\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2019-09-27T17:11:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T21:11:22","slug":"u-ntaneh-tokef-as-midrashic-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utj.org\/viewpoints\/2018\/09\/u-ntaneh-tokef-as-midrashic-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"U-n’taneh Tokef as Midrashic Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professor Reuven Kimelman analyzes Unetane Tokef in this article in The Experience of Jewish Liturgy: Studies Dedicated to Menachem Schmelzer<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The significance of U-n’taneh Tokef<\/em> is not simply a function of its liturgical position. As a good poem, the meaning of U-n’taneh Tokef<\/em> jells out of the interaction of its thematics and poetics. Its specific agenda emerges through its masterful manipulation of language and imagery, part of which is its striking universalism. Its universalistic vision lines up, as noted, with much of the Rosh ha-Shanah liturgy, as do the piyutim\u00a0<\/i>of Yose b. Yoscf.\u00a0 \u00a0U-n’taneh Tokef\u00a0<\/em>presents Rosh ha-Shanah as a day of divine kingship and judgment for all. The kingship theme derives from the creation of the world,\u201c the judgment theme from the creation of humanity.\u201c U-n’taneh Tokef\u00a0<\/em>adopts the midrashic position that maintains
\nthat Rosh ha-Shanah commemorates Adam\u2019s birthday as well as his day of judgment and pardon[.]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Professor Reuven Kimelman analyzes Unetane Tokef in this article in The Experience of Jewish Liturgy: Studies Dedicated to Menachem Schmelzer. The significance of U-n’taneh Tokef is not simply a function of its liturgical position. As a good poem, the meaning of U-n’taneh Tokef jells out of the interaction of its thematics and poetics. Its specific Continue Reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,134,133],"tags":[],"coauthors":[108],"class_list":["post-1776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-holidays","category-holidays-2","category-tefillah"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t