The Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Music and Identity in Contemporary Jewish Worshipbook and CD

by Jeffrey A. Summit

Across the United States, Jews come together every week to sing and pray in a wide variety of worship communities. Through this music, made by and for ordinary folk, these worshippers define and re-define their relationship to the continuity of Jewish tradition and the realities of American life.

Combining oral history with an analysis of recordings, The Lord's Song in a Strange Land examines this tradition incontemporary Jewish worship and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195116771
• ISBN13: 9780195116779
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"