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The book is concerned with the main trends in Jewish Liturgy during Late Antiquity and its connections and inter relations with Aramaic Targum, Midrash, mysticism, popular beliefs, structure and rhyme patterns as performed amid Late Antique Synagogues in Palestine, as well as the later spread of these fertile products to Southern Italy and then to the rest of Europe. The book discusses the different layers of poets and performers as presented in ancient manuscripts which were preserved in the Cairo Geniza collections and later in European Mahzorim, and the fascinating struggle of survival of the different liturgical cycles.
"This volume is the product of Yahalom’s long-established scholarship and reveals the wide scope of his expertise within and across the field of Hebrew hymnology, as well as his lifelong academic commitment to Jewish sacred song in all its ways of expression. Undoubtedly, these fascinating chapters are inspiring for colleagues and students who are involved in studies of Jewish hymnography." - Wout van Bekkum, Frankfurter Judaistische Beiträge, Spring 2023
"Sources of the Sacred Song impresses by its accumulation of observational gems. These observations are in general firmly grounded and consistently persuasive, if occasionally impressionistic." - H-Judaic, Tzvi Novick, January 2022
"All in all, this volume, the product of decades of pioneering research, should be of interest not only to specialists in liturgical studies and Hebrew literature but to students of religion in late antiquity." - Review of Biblical Literature, Michael D. Swartz, March 2021
" [...] Yahalom’s book provides new insights into the creative process of poetic genius, and the complex process of religious and cultural appropriation and transmission. Recommended." - Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews, David B Levy, May 2020