Abstract
JEWISH STUDIES have been slow to embrace the sonic dimension of Jewishness as a fundamental constituent of the field and as a potential venue for revisiting its paradigms. Addressing the uniqueness of nonverbal sound, of which music is its most prominent instance, as a gateway to the complexities of the “Jewish” while also suggesting paths for future research comprises the core of this chapter.¹ It begins with general remarks that are critical to the understanding of how music operates and why it offers alternative venues to untangle the “Jewish,” understood as either culture, religion, civilization, ethnicity, or nationality. It then
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies |
| Editors | Leora Batnitzky, Eve Krakowski, Steven Weitzman |
| Place of Publication | Princeton, NJ |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Chapter | 17 |
| Pages | 368-396 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780691220826 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780691215181 |
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| State | Published - 2025 |