Did fixed daily prayer in Judaism emerge by gradual development or by radical innovation?
2 positions · no single answer
Position A · held by Historiographic line surveyed by Penner (section 1.1)
Gradual development
Fixed prayer would result from a long process starting from biblical forms and sacrificial worship, with continuity into rabbinic liturgy.
Rests on: p. 5
Where the debate comes up
Statements tied to the debate
- Penner identifies three distinct patterns of daily prayer in the Second Temple period: analogy with daily cultic sacrifice; legitimation through scripture (especially Deut 6:7, and in Josephus also Moses as exemplar); coordination with the cycles of the heavenly luminaries.