Jakob J. Petuchowski, ‘Contributions to the Scientific Study of Jewish Liturgy’

Originally published in the Jewish Chronicle, 10th September 1971, p. 41. UNDER THE MICROSCOPE The word “scientific” in the title refers to the fact that the practitioners of Juedische Wissenschaft represented, in the volume tried, in Huxley’s famous words, “to sit down before the facts like a little child” rather than be content with previous theories—however…