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Geraldine Auerbach started the topic The Voice of the Cantor in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agolisten to the Cantor and Jewish Prayer leader and those they work closely with, express the joys and fears of the profession today.
VOC #4: the challnge of Modern Orthodosy forthe Cantor: Wed 14th April 7pm UK time
Dear Friends Join us for VOC 4 – to hear the voices of cantors talking with the President of the United Synagogue of GB
Register h…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic Bloch Study Group in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoIEBS Bloch Study Group (BSG) Wednesday April 14
Jesse Rosenberg, head of the IEBS Bloch Study Group will himself be presenting on
Bloch’s reception in Fascist Italy in the 1930s (BSG)
sessions take place on the second Wednesday of every month, via Zoom at 09:00 Pacific time / 12.00 Eastern USA / 17:00 UK / 18:00 Western Europe / 19:00 …[Read more]
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Phil Alexander replied to the topic IFJMS welcomes Jewish Music Studies groups and organisations. in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoIFJMS welcomes the European Institute of Jewish Musics (EIJM) Paris.
Based in Paris, the European Institute of Jewish Musics (IEMJ) was created in 2006 by the French Judaism Foundation, the Yuval association and the Henriette Halphen Foundation. Under the auspices of the musicologist Hervé Roten, the institute’s goals are the preservation and di…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 9 months agoDear Friends and Colleagues
Join us for COZ 39: New approaches to Ladino Song
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Prof Edwin Seroussi Emanuel Alexandre Professor of Musicology at the Hebrew University and Director of the Jewish Music Research Centre.
with Courtney Blue
an American-Israel graduate student at the Department of Musicology of the H…[Read more]
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Pamela Barmash deposited Blood Feud and State Control: Differing Legal Institutions for the Remedy of Homicide During the Second and First Millennia B.C.E. in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoSince the discovery of the Laws of Hammurapi in December 1901–January 1902,1
the dependence of biblical law upon Mesopotamian law has been hotly debated. Among
the most contentious issues is the abjudication of homicide, and the discussion has focused
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James M. Tucker deposited Digital Editions of the Scrolls and Fragments of the Judaean Desert: Preliminary Thoughts in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThe completion of the editio princeps of the and fragments and manuscripts marks a watershed in the history of Qumran and Dead Sea Scrolls research. In addition to the DJD volumes, the recent update of the Leon Levy Digital Dead Sea Scrolls Library offers free access to its color images. These resources, among others, will continue to exist as…[Read more]
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Pamela Barmash deposited Ancient Near Eastern Law in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoAncient Near Eastern Law. The oldest documented law comes from the ancient Near East. The earliest legal texts come from about 2600 B.C.E., a few hundred years after the invention of writing, and they predate by millennia the documentation for law from the other early civilizations of China and India.
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Pamela Barmash deposited Amnesty and Reform Texts in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoAmnesty and Reform Texts. Edicts of amnesty and reform decreed by a king intervened in economy and society, invalidating loans, pledges and sales, cancelling debts, and issuing behavioral instructions to government officials. They were dated to a specific time at which their provisions would come into effect.
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoDear Friends and Colleagues Join us for COZ 38: Tuesday, April 06, 2021
‘Composer in Focus’ Bruce AdolpheJeff Janeczko, Curator and Chief Operating Officer of the Milken Archive of Jewish Music, talks to
Bruce Adolphecomposer, author, and public speaker known to millions of Americans for his public radio shows.
Jeff Janeczko is also a Vis…[Read more]
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Matthew Thiessen deposited Did Jesus Start a New Religion? in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoDid Jesus Start a New Religion? No.
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoDear Friends and Colleagues
Join us for COZ 37: Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Does Ashkenazi Synagogue Music have a Theory?Part 2: Facing the facts (partial view)
Dr Boaz TarsiAssociate professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary
And Dr Amalia KedemMember of the Music Department and Sound Archive of the Israel National Library in…[Read more]
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Muhammad Akram deposited Beyond Dichotomies: The Import of Gadamer’s Hermeneutics for the Debate of Relationship between Theology and Religious Studies in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThis paper discusses the issue of the relationship between theology and religious studies, drawing on certain principles of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutical theory. Leaving aside differences between Gadamer and his critics, it is argued that his rehabilitation of prejudice, authority, and tradition as well as his notions of the fusion of…[Read more]
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Muhammad Akram deposited Meaning and Significance of Fasting in Comparative Perspective: A Study With Special Reference to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThough the ritual of fasting is common to most of the known religious traditions, its practice and symbolic value may vary considerably. This paper aims at a comparative study into the meaning and significance of this ritual with special reference to the three Semitic religions namely Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Some interesting similarities…[Read more]
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Martha Stellmacher replied to the topic Call for Papers: Artistic Realities of Jewish Art / Migrations in Jewish Music in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThe deadline for submission of abstracts for the section ‘Migrations and Transformations in Jewish Music’ at the Conference “Artistic Realities of Jewish Art” of the State Institute for Art Studies of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation is postponed to April 1, 2021. We are looking forward to submissions!
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoDear Friends and Colleagues
Join us for COZ 36 and COZ 37: a two-parter on Tuesdays, March 23 and 30, 2021
Does Ashkenazi Synagogue music have a Theory?Dr Boaz Tarsi Associate professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary
Dr Amalia Kedem Member of the Music Department and Sound Archive of the Israel National Library in Jerusalem
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoReminder of change of time in the UK and Europe today 16 and 23 March only.
COZ 35: March 16, 2021 Sounding Jewish in BerlinTuesdays:/ 09.00am Pacific time / 12.00noon Eastern USA / 4.00pm UK / 5.00pm Western Europe / 6.00pm Israel
Dr Ilana Webster-Kogen
Joe Loss Senior Lecturer in Jewish Music SOAS University of London
Dr Philip Al…[Read more]
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Christian Frevel deposited Theologie der Geschichte – Geschichte der Theologie in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoSelbst Gott hat eine Geschichte. Vom Vergessen der Geschichte und der Notwendigkeit einer geschichtlichen Dimension in der Exegese – am Beispiel der Frühgeschichte des Gottes Israels, G. Essen/C. Frevel (Hg.), Theologie der Geschichte – Geschichte der Theologie (QD 294), Freiburg 2018, 10-39
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David Skelton deposited Acting Out Gilgamesh in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThis is a piece I wrote up about one of my favorite class activities.
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Martha Stellmacher started the topic Call for Papers: Artistic Realities of Jewish Art / Migrations in Jewish Music in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoWe are privileged to invite all scholars, archivists and practitioners to participate in the International Scholarly Session “Artistic Realities of Jewish Art”at the State Institute for Art Studies of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (5, Kozitsky Lane, Moscow), May 20‒21 (Thu-Fri), 2021
The Session will be held in on-site and o…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoTIME SHIFT ALERT!!! affecting COZ 35 and 36 only
The USA has put their clocks forward already this weekend and the rest of us are only doing so on Sunday 28 March!
So, for the next two weeks (Tuesdays 16 and 23 March) The USA will stick to the times as before – but for everyone else the COZ session will be one hour earlier!!
For the next two…[Read more]
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