… an important function in Jewish religion and culture since Antiquity. This renowned narrative describes how the first … comment that was probably meant to validate the melody’s antiquity, he compared the ‘Akedah  melody (ex. 12), with … to corroborate Idelsohn’s claim concerning the melody's antiquity. In 1963 musicologist Leo Levi dedicated a short …

… characteristically modern stamp of authenticity, namely “antiquity.” This idea is developed in the next paragraph.   …

… corpora of the Jews with what can be called the ‘aura of antiquity’” (47). [3] See sections I.3 and V.1 in Powers et …