RT Article
T1 Call and Response: Antiphonal Elements in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Poetry
JF Aramaic studies
VO 17
IS 2
SP 127
OP 144
A1 Lieber, Laura Suzanne 1972-
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1697029884
AB In this essay, the varieties of refrain structures used in the body of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic poetry from late antiquity provide a laboratory for examining the intersection of acclamation structures and piyyutim. The fact that these poems were written in the vernacular of the community rather than in Hebrew complicates our understanding of their performative setting but at the same time may make it easier to consider a variety of potential modes of community engagement, as we are not constrained by the potential norms of a fixed liturgical setting. The analysis offered here, tentative as it may be, helps us understand both the auditory world of Late Antiquity and the active participation of Jews in the shaping of their soundscape.
K1 Jewish Palestinian Aramaic poetry
K1 Piyyut
K1 Participation
K1 Liturgy
K1 Performance
DO 10.1163/17455227-01702001