Tselil, dimui u-merḥav
Subtitle: liṭurgiyah ṿe-omaniyut ke-maʻatsavei zikhron tarbuti bi-yeme ha-benayim
By: be-ʻarikhat Galit Nogah-Banai, Iris Shagrir, Śarit Shaleṿ-ʻEini, Yosi Mori = Liturgy and art as constructors of cultural memory in the Middle Ages / edited by Galit Noga-Banai, Iris Shagrir, Sarit Shalev-Eyni, Yossi Maurey
Contributors: Scholion--Interdisciplinary Research Center in Jewish Studies
Publisher: Magnes
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Yerushalayim
Language: heb
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9789657776520; 9789657776537
Subjects: Jews; Civilization; Medieval Art; Judaism; Liturgy; History; Crusades; Sources; Medieval Civilization; Juifs; Civilisation; Art médiéval; Judaïsme; Liturgie; Histoire; Croisades; Civilisation médiévale
Other titles: Liturgy and art as constructors of cultural memory in the Middle Ages
Description: The study of liturgy is intrinsically interdisciplinary and comprises elements of music, drama, theater and devotion that are of great consequence to believers and scholars far and wide. Liturgy is both history and theology, purporting to reflect and propagate values that inform individuals and communities alike, playing a vital role in the construction of sacred and lay memory and identity. As a multi-sensory experience, liturgy maintains a dynamic relationship with the surrounding space and its visual components, including art, artifacts and architecture. The essays in this book examine diverse aspects of liturgy and the arts, and were written by scholars working in the disciplines of musicology, social and cultural history, art history, material culture, and the history of the Jews and Christians in the Middle Ages and beyond. The articles engage in a comparative and interdisciplinary discourse, in order to contextualize the liturgical practices within the production of medieval cultural memory, and within the symbolic traditions expressed through liturgy and the arts. Primary sources include texts, rituals, music and visual media from Western Europe (Christian and Jewish) and the Latin Levant. The study of written, visual and musical constructs identifies the values and ideals conveyed and instilled through Jewish and Christian liturgical commemoration, and explores how these activated the faithful's idea of community and their place within it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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