… to these days. The influences of ancient Jewish melodies on Christian liturgy by way of copying the antiphony in the …

… development of the medieval systems of music, both of early Christianity, and of elements of ancient Hindu and … that this abundant ancient inheritance would affect early Christian music. After the decline of those world powers in … as a center whose modal chant spread eastwards via Oriental Christian liturgies. Put differently, by adopting a largely …

… German Enlightenment movement to describe a person “either Christian or Jewish, opposed to the Enlightenment” …

… . By dedicating efforts to the preservation of these Christian musical traditions within the framework of the …

… first came to Kerala by way of a widely known Malayalam Christian song, Samayamām Radhatil (“In the Chariot of … pointed out to me on at least three occasions by Kerala Christians interested in the Jewish songs.  Immediately … Malayalam film Ara Nāḻika Neram (1970) popularized the Christian song throughout Kerala. To see the scene in which …

… about these dramas and how they used to be performed by the Christian troupes visiting in Jewtown. …

… and his daughter are also characteristic of the Kerala Christian folk drama, as is the casual style of colloquial …

… Kerala listeners of similar performances of Muslim and Christian folksongs. As there are no Jewish markers in the …

… a similar occasion during the cycle of traditional Syrian Christian weddings in Kerala, in which relatives of the … side. Ananta Krishna Ayyar (1926, 84) also describes the Christian custom, noting that on this occasion, small … to hunting as a symbol of royal prosperity in Kerala Christian folklore (1988a, 70). Further parallels are found …

… entering the marriage chamber, has echoes of the Syrian Christian ritual called “Close and Open [the Door]!” in … phrases and themes shared between Jewish and Knanaya Christian songs are pointed out elsewhere in this book … for word, to a Knanaya song with the same title, though the Christian version does not include the “Nalla!” chorus that …

… with a unique design for Jews, different from Hindu, Christian, or Muslim designs. In addition to a silver ring …

… phrases with a blessing song in the repertoire of Knanaya Christians, who traditionally claim to be descended from … as evidence of a shared history, and Swiderski mentions the Christian song’s similarity to passages from “a long …