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The Cantor : from the Mishnah to modernity / Wayne Allen, foreword by Charles Heller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 283 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781532658327
  • 153265832X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cantor.DDC classification:
  • 296.462 23
LOC classification:
  • BM658.2 .A454 2019eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources: Summary: Wayne Allen traces the evolution of the office of synagogue cantor as reflected in the primary sources of Jewish law as well as in Jewish lore from the third century to the present day. Allen explores the ambivalence of both Jewish authorities and the Jewish public toward the cantor and speculates on the future of the position.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2577421

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-275) and indexes.

Print version record.

Wayne Allen traces the evolution of the office of synagogue cantor as reflected in the primary sources of Jewish law as well as in Jewish lore from the third century to the present day. Allen explores the ambivalence of both Jewish authorities and the Jewish public toward the cantor and speculates on the future of the position.