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43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… Taoz, Israel. [3] This musical narrative of events from biblical stories about the Matriarch Sarah’s old age … well as a reference to the practice of animal sacrifice in biblical times. The Jewish women’s perspective … of a dry tree ( Tanḥuma , Vayera ’ 15)—or perhaps by biblical and Talmudic references to the blossoming of …
42. Adam the First Person
… … 44295 … Moshav Aviezer, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … …
41. The Ten Songs of King Solomon
… “ten songs” attributed to King Solomon, each reflecting a biblical passage mentioning a song or proclamation. [8] Stanza 7 of the Malayalam song, about the biblical Hannah, includes an additional detail not found in … so ninety would be close to the thirty-six hours in the biblical account of Joshua stopping the sun and the moon …
36. O Woman Dwelling in the Field
… The medieval Hebrew piyyut is imaginatively located in biblical geography, evoking an image of cultivated fields in …
22. Brit Milah (Circumcision) Song
… a future “messianic age” to be heralded by a return of the biblical prophet Elijah (Eliyahu) together with a descendant …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… [1] This is one of several references in the songs to the biblical David (rather than “ben David”—a descendant of …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… acts as the congregation). This section ends with the biblical verses from Numbers 14, 19-20: “Forgive the sin of …
4. Song of Moshe Mutaliyar
… the Mala Paḷḷi, as well as conversations in some of the biblical songs. The ruler addresses Moshe by the traditional …
3. Song of the Second Temple’s Destruction (Leaving Kodungallur)
… Kodungallur’s destruction. Other Jewish legends about this biblical prophet are found in Kochini oral history, as in … and Johnson 1975, 9, 57). As in song 58 (based on the biblical book of Esther), his appearance in Kodungallur …
35. Ajñānam Astamicciṭum (The Messenger of Good Tidings Proclaims)
… Malayalam in the style of a Bhakti hymn, it combines Biblical and original poetic passages, predicting a future …