Music in the Hebrew Bible - Understanding References in the Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan L. Friedmann is a professor of Jewish music history at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, and Extraordinary Professor of theology at North-West University (South Africa). He is the author, editor or compiler of eleven other books on music and religion. Visit his website at jonathanfriedmann.com. Klappentext Music in the Hebrew Bible investigates musical citations in the Hebrew Bible and their relevance for our times. Most biblical musical references are addressed, either alone or as a grouping, and each is considered from a modern perspective. The book consists of one hundred brief essays divided into four parts. Part one offers general overviews of musical contexts, recurring musical-biblical themes and discussions of basic attitudes and tendencies of the biblical authors and their society. Part two presents essays uncovering what the Torah (Pentateuch) has to say about music, both literally and allegorically. The third part includes studies on music's place in Nevi'im (Prophets) and the perceived link between musical expression and human-divine contact. Part four is comprised of essays on musical subjects derived from the disparate texts of Ketuvim (Writings). Zusammenfassung Investigates musical citations in the Hebrew Bible and their relevance for our times. Most biblical musical references are addressed! either alone or as a grouping! and each is considered from a modern perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroductionPart One: Background¿1.¿Music All Around¿2.¿A Silent Source¿3.¿The Ethos of Song¿4.¿Instruction and Inspiration¿5.¿Institutions of Song¿6.¿A Human Need¿7.¿Ceremonial Tones¿8.¿Vessels of Song¿9.¿Is It Music?10.¿Dancing into Being11.¿The Purposes of Cantillation12.¿Chant and Revelation13.¿Not Music Alone14.¿Songs and Sacri¿ce15.¿Necessary Songs16.¿Words and Music17.¿A Musical Heart18.¿Singing About Singing19.¿The Divine Musician20.¿Work Songs21.¿­Proto-­Cantors22.¿New Year's Noise23.¿The Human Family24.¿Dancing with Torches25.¿Defending the OrganPart Two: Torah-Pentateuch26.¿All the Music of the Torah27.¿Ordered Sound28.¿Words, Words, Words29.¿Singing Souls30.¿Melodic Beginnings31.¿A Musical Species32.¿Musical Departures33.¿God of the Philosophers34.¿The Invisible Art35.¿Inventing Hymns36.¿A Musical ­Back-­and-­Forth37.¿Effect and Belief38.¿Miriam's Song39.¿Singing the Self40.¿Music and Iconoclasm41.¿Song of the Calf42.¿Keeping Shabbat43.¿Noisy Vestments44.¿Distinguishing Sounds45.¿How Goodly46.¿Hearing the Holy47.¿From Stutter to Song48.¿Sabbath Peace49.¿Table SongsPart Three: Nevi'im-Prophets50.¿Bad Vibrations51.¿Terrifying Tones52.¿Dancing with Timbrels53.¿Fanfares54.¿Music, Magic and Manipulation55.¿Music Hidden and Revealed56.¿Beauty and Function57.¿Sacred Perception58.¿Simulating Silence59.¿Composing Legends60.¿Performing Poetry61.¿The Silent Treatment62.¿Collective Healing63.¿Surprising Sounds64.¿Musical Prophets65.¿Music as Rhetoric66.¿Parties and PietyPart Four: Ketuvim-Writings67.¿The Signi¿cance of Song68.¿Temple Sounds69.¿The Myth of Musical Purity70.¿Persuasive Tones71.¿Textual Tension72.¿Everybody Sings73.¿Theurgy and Concentration74.¿­Public-­Private ­Prayer-­Song75.¿Psalms of Thanksgiving76.¿The Thanksgiving Impulse77.¿Musical Maccabees78.¿A Musical Remedy79.¿Selah80.¿A Virtuoso in the Temple Choir81.¿Enter in Song82.¿Tuneful Bones83.¿Loving Love Songs84.¿Instrument of Joy85.¿Songs in High Places¿86.¿Particular and Universal¿87.¿Musical Awakening¿88.¿Liturgy and Leftovers¿89.¿Hallelujah¿90.¿Fear the Music¿91.¿Sound and Circumstance¿92.¿Sonorous Revelation¿93.¿Survival and the Song of Songs¿94.¿Sing an Old Song¿95.¿Ritual Reenactmant¿96.¿Sound Science¿97.¿A Singing Community¿98.¿Ear of the Beholder¿99.¿In Song and War100.¿Songs of DerisionAppendix: Resources in Jewish MusicologyBibliographyIndex...

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• Authors: Jonathan L Friedmann, Jonathan L. Friedmann
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2013
• EAN: 9780786477739
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-7773-9
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries