Judaism and Islam, one God one music : the history of Jewish paraliturgical song in the context of Arabo-Islamic culture as revealed in its Jewish Babylonian sources / by Merav Rosenfeld-Hadad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenfeld-Hadad, Merav, author.

Series:

Brill's Series in Jewish Studies; volume66.

Brill's Series in Jewish Studies; volume66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piyutim--History and criticism.

Piyutim.

Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew--History and criticism.

Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew.

Synagogue music--Iraq--Baghdad.

Synagogue music.

Jews--Iraq--Baghdad--Songs and music.

Jews.

Arabs--Iraq--Songs and music--Influence.

Arabs.

Islam--Relations--Judaism.

Islam.

Judaism--Relations--Islam.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Summary:

In Judaism and Islam One God One Music, Merav Rosenfeld-Hadad offers the first substantial study of the history and nature of the Jewish Paraliturgical Song, which developed in the Arabo-Islamic civilization between the tenth and the twentieth centuries. Commonly portrayed as clashing cultures, Judaism and Islam appear here as complementary and enriching religio-cultural sources for the Paraliturgical Song’s texts and music, poets and musicians, as well as the worshippers. Relying chiefly on the Babylonian-Jewish written sources of the genre, Rosenfeld-Hadad gives a fascinating historical account of one thousand years of the rich and vibrant cultural and religious life of Middle Eastern Judaism that endured in Arabo-Islamic settings. She convincingly proves that the Jewish Paraliturgical Song, like its people, reflects a harmonious hybridization of Jewish and Arabo-Islamic aesthetics and ideas.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Figures

Tables

Music Examples

Appendices

Introduction

The 1954 Miṣḥaf as a Holy Book of Paraliturgical Songs

The 1954 Miṣḥaf as a History Book of Paraliturgical Songs

The Paraliturgical Practice and Text: Typical Features Emerging from the Written Sources

The Paraliturgical Melody: Characteristics Emerging from Both the 1906 and the 1954 Mṣāḥif

Conclusion

Back Matter

The Religious Occasions in the Two Mṣāḥif

Bibliography

Discography

Online Songs

Online Interviews and Documentary

Formal Interviews (Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem)

Index.

Notes:

Revised dissertation (Ph. D.), St. Edmund's College (University of Cambridge), 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-280) and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-41263-8

OCLC:

1107163712

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004412637 DOI