Performance in Ancient and Medieval Judaism

This article explores the performance of Jewish sacred textual traditions. Performance, as we define it, is both textual and oral and works dynamically between the two. In the Second Temple period, we show the variety of performance which embodies the vitality of the texts. Performance is a feature...

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Authors: Khan, Geoffrey 1958- (Author) ; Najman, Hindy 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Dead Sea discoveries
Year: 2022, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 259-291
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Reading / Tradition / Massorah / Orthography / Oral tradition / Middle Ages / Vitality
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B oral performance
B Masoretic Text
B Tiberian tradition
B reading traditions
B textual performance
B Liturgy
B Orthography
B Vitality
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Summary:This article explores the performance of Jewish sacred textual traditions. Performance, as we define it, is both textual and oral and works dynamically between the two. In the Second Temple period, we show the variety of performance which embodies the vitality of the texts. Performance is a feature of scribal practice and liturgy (e.g., Hodayot). It draws on existing text to create something new (e.g., Apostrophe to Zion). From the Second Temple period into the Middle Ages, we see continued pluriformity in the oral performance of the written text of the Hebrew Bible. Creativity is evident across oral and material representation. The texts discussed throughout this article remained dynamic and diverse. The focus and scope of this article also prepares for many of the ideas picked up by the essays which follow in this volume.
ISSN:1568-5179
Contains:Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685179-02903004