A varied and fascinating look at sin confession and pardon in Judaism. Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries almost forty contributorsmen and women scholars rabbis theologians and poets representing all Jewish denominationsexamine the history of confession in Judaism its roots in the Bible its evolution in rabbinic and modern thought and the very nature of confession for men and women today. Featuring the traditional prayersprovided in the original Hebrew and a new and annotated translationthis third volume in the Prayers of Awe series explores the relevance of confession today in what is bound to be the most uptodate comprehensive and insightful reconsideration of sin and confession in Judaism. CONTRIBUTORS Rabbi Tony Bayfield CBE DD Lambeth Rabbi Will Berkovitz Dr. Annette M. Boeckler Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler Dr. Erica Brown Rabbi Lawrence A. Englander DHL Lisa Exler Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand Rabbi Edwin Goldberg Rabbi Andrew Goldstein PhD Dr. Joel M. Hoffman PhD Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman PhD Rabbi Walter Homolka PhD DHL Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur Rabbi Elie Kaunfer Rabbi Reuven Kimelman PhD Rabbi Lawrence Kushner Rabbi Noa Kushner Rabbi Daniel Landes Rabbi Ruth Langer PhD Catherine Madsen Rabbi Jonathan Magonet PhD Rabbi Dalia Marx PhD Ruth Messinger Charles H. Middleburgh PhD Rabbi Jay Henry Moses Rabbi Aaron D. Panken PhD Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin DMin Rabbi Marc Saperstein PhD Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater DMin Rabbi David A. Teutsch PhD Dr. Ellen M. Umansky Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig DD Dr. Ron Wolfson Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel Dr. Wendy Zierler show more