Menachem Mendel

Hazzan in the Ancient Near East

From the Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, a.k.a. CAD. (here)

For an example of its use in Akkadian see here. See here for a theory of how this definition may connect with the history of the synagogue.

Posted on June 2nd, 2009 under Bible Studies, Hebrew, Liturgy • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed

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