Ancient Israel, to 70 C.E.

Israel Adler

1995

The span of time to be discussed here comprises what are popularly termed the biblical period and the Second Temple period. The biblical period is held to begin somewhere within the second millennium B.C.E., since this fi ts much—though not all—of the narratives about the Patriarchs; and it ends with the incipience of Hellenistic rule in the Near…

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Israel Adler

1925–2009

Born in Berlin, Israel Adler was a musicologist, specializing in Eu ro pe an Jewish music from the medieval period to the eigh teenth century. Adler immigrated to Palestine as a child, and then studied in Paris. He served as director of the music department of the Jewish National and University Library of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and established the National Sound Archives of Israel (NSA). Adler also founded the Jewish Music Research Center and served as director of the Jewish National and University Library.

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