One of the first attempts to trace the archaeology of the concept of Jewish music in relation to the challenges posed by modernity to traditional Judaism and the emergence of the concept of nation among Jews in Europe.
A critical review of research in Jewish music, its paradigms, ideological underpinnings, agendas, institutions, achievements and limitations. It also offers an extensive bibliography of works published mostly in the first decade of the twenty-first century.
Renaissance music studies in an Israeli context
An approach to Jewish linguistic, cultural, and musical traditions that would explicitly integrate their multifaceted oral dimensions is advocated. Such an interdisciplinary approach would yield many benefits for the individual areas of study. Examples of the approach are given.[author]
