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51. When Moshe Received Knowledge
… by the Jewish Malayalam term “Mutaliyar,” a traditional Kerala term used for the leader of a community, as it was … Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog … …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… several narratives from midrash with unique and charming Kerala flourishes. The dramatic scene is set in stanza 3 … Mount Sinai was chosen as the site of the revelation, this Kerala song creates a verbal anthropomorphic image of Mount … listeners might well imagine her dressed in the finery of a Kerala bride as she sweetly but firmly questions God—Who …
49. Redeemed from Egypt
… independence of different community traditions in the same Kerala neighborhood. … 52 … 7 … 44316 … Splendid Singing … Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 49. Redeemed from Egypt …
48. Hidden God
… Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 48. …
48. Hidden God
… Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 48. Hidden God …
47. In the Egypt Kingdom
… top of Sinai Mountain—angels are standing there. A typical Kerala setting is provided here for the biblical story of … up by the Pharaoh’s daughter (Exodus 2:3–10). The coast of Kerala is famous for its “backwaters”—a vast network of … Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 47. …
46. Baby Moshe Taken from the Water
… the strength of Moshe, equaled only by God! (2) A typical Kerala setting is provided here for the biblical story of … up by the Pharaoh’s daughter (Exodus 2:3–10). The coast of Kerala is famous for its “backwaters”—a vast network of … Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 46. Baby Moshe Taken from …
45. Joseph’s Robe
… to demand of them: “Who has eaten my son?” In tropical Kerala, his wrapping himself in a woolen blanket (at the end … Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 45. …
44. Joseph the Righteous
… a whole, “Joseph the Righteous” exhibits many elements of Kerala folk drama through the use of distinct and memorable … Part II Sung much more solemnly to a melody used in Kerala for the Hebrew bakashah “’ Adon ‘Olam ” (’ Areshet … and well” ( Āyissōḍĕ Yoseph ) has been used playfully by Kerala Jews to refer to any absent member of the community, …
43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… may relate to the known presence of Jewish midwives in Kerala to help with Jewish births, at least in the early … in stanza 7 to a blossoming doorpost seems to be unique to Kerala, it may have been inspired by a midrash comparing … Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog … …