“He Who Enters the Bath-House Utters Two Blessings”: On the Evolvement and Decline of an Ancient Jewish Prayer

One of the improvements introduced by the Romans was the public bath-house. This article discusses the formation of Jewish prayers, which were composed during the early rabbinic period, following the dangers of the public baths. Sages from late antiquity published two prayers: Before entering to the...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Shemesh, Avraham Ofir 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2017]
In: Religions
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 10, Pages: 1-15
Further subjects:B caldarium
B dangers of bath-house
B Jewish halakha
B ancient prayer
B bath-house
B Kala Rabati
B Tractate Derech Eretz
B Yehuda Hanassi
B hypocaust
B Talmudic literature
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