Claudia D. Bergmann received her Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from the University of Chicago and her Habilitation from Ruhr-Universität Bochum. She works as the coordinator of the Research Centre “Dynamics of Jewish Ritual Practices” at the Universität Erfurt (Germany). Benedikt Kranemann received his Dr. theol. and his Habilitation in Liturgical Studies from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. He works as professor for Liturgical Studies of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the Universität Erfurt (Germany).

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresAbbreviationsContributorsIntroductionGünter StembergerPart 1: Ritual Dynamics in (Holy) Jewish and Christian Texts1 Is Rabbinic Prayer a Liturgy, or Essentially a Reading of Texts?Stefan C. Reif2 Ritualizing the Cleaning of the House before Passover in Medieval Ashkenaz: Image and Text in Illuminated HaggadotKatrin Kogman-Appel3 The Ritualization of Manufacturing and Handling Holy Books by the Hasidei Ashkenaz between Halakah and MagicAnnett Martini4 Concepts of History and Tradition in Modern Liturgical BooksMartin KlöckenerPart 2: A Dynamic Relationship: Christian and Jewish Traces in Jewish and Christian Texts5 Memories of the Temple and Memories of TemplesClemens Leonhard6 Conceptual and Ideological Aspects in the Mishnaic Description of Bringing the First Fruits to JerusalemHillel Mali7 Christian Presence in Jewish RitualYaacov DeutschPart 3: Comparing and Contrasting Rituals8 Initiation by Circumcision and Water Baptism in Early Judaism and Early ChristianityGerard Rouwhorst9 Space, Ritual, and Politics in (the Reconstruction of) the Ancient Synagogue: an Exploration of the Historical ArchiveAnders RunessonPart 4: Dynamic Rituals and Innovation of Rituals in Modern Contexts10 Olive Oil, Anointing, Ecstasy, and EcologyJonathan SchorschIndex of Ancient SourcesIndex of Modern Authors