Maqam and Liturgy: Ritual, Music, and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn (Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies) (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology)

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Maqam and Liturgy: Ritual, Music, and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn (Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies) (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology)
enlarge	Author: Mark L. Kligman Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr Category: Book Buy New: $34.95 as of 7/30/2010 18:19 CDT details New (12) Used (7) from $32.00 Seller: Amazon.com Media: Hardcover Edition: Har/Com Pages: 288 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8 Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.3 x 1 ISBN: 0814332161 Dewey Decimal Number: 296.450899275691074723 EAN: 9780814332160 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description Syrian Jews in Brooklyn, New York, number more than forty thousand and constitute the largest single group of Jews from Syria in the world. Their thriving community includes fifteen synagogues in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, where the practice of singing Arab melodies is a cornerstone of their religious services. In Maq m and Liturgy, author Mark L. Kligman investigates the multidimensional interaction of music and text in Sabbath prayers of the Syrian Jews to trace how Arab and Jewish traditions have merged in this particular culture, helping to illuminate a little-known dimension of Jewish identity and Jewish-Arab cultural interaction.