Music in the Hebrew Bible
Understanding References in the Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim
Music in the Hebrew Bible
Understanding References in the Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim
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Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN: 9780786477739
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 04/11/2013
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
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).
Preface
Introduction
Part 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 Being
11. The Purposes of Cantillation
12. Chant and Revelation
13. Not Music Alone
14. Songs and Sacri?ce
15. Necessary Songs
16. Words and Music
17. A Musical Heart
18. Singing About Singing
19. The Divine Musician
20. Work Songs
21. Proto-Cantors
22. New Year’s Noise
23. The Human Family
24. Dancing with Torches
25. Defending the Organ
Part Two: Torah—Pentateuch
26. All the Music of the Torah
27. Ordered Sound
28. Words, Words, Words
29. Singing Souls
30. Melodic Beginnings
31. A Musical Species
32. Musical Departures
33. God of the Philosophers
34. The Invisible Art
35. Inventing Hymns
36. A Musical Back-and-Forth
37. Effect and Belief
38. Miriam’s Song
39. Singing the Self
40. Music and Iconoclasm
41. Song of the Calf
42. Keeping Shabbat
43. Noisy Vestments
44. Distinguishing Sounds
45. How Goodly
46. Hearing the Holy
47. From Stutter to Song
48. Sabbath Peace
49. Table Songs
Part Three: Nevi’im—Prophets
50. Bad Vibrations
51. Terrifying Tones
52. Dancing with Timbrels
53. Fanfares
54. Music, Magic and Manipulation
55. Music Hidden and Revealed
56. Beauty and Function
57. Sacred Perception
58. Simulating Silence
59. Composing Legends
60. Performing Poetry
61. The Silent Treatment
62. Collective Healing
63. Surprising Sounds
64. Musical Prophets
65. Music as Rhetoric
66. Parties and Piety
Part Four: Ketuvim—Writings
67. The Signi?cance of Song
68. Temple Sounds
69. The Myth of Musical Purity
70. Persuasive Tones
71. Textual Tension
72. Everybody Sings
73. Theurgy and Concentration
74. Public-Private Prayer-Song
75. Psalms of Thanksgiving
76. The Thanksgiving Impulse
77. Musical Maccabees
78. A Musical Remedy
79. Selah
80. A Virtuoso in the Temple Choir
81. Enter in Song
82. Tuneful Bones
83. Loving Love Songs
84. Instrument of Joy
85. 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 War
100. Songs of Derision
Appendix: Resources in Jewish Musicology
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Part 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 Being
11. The Purposes of Cantillation
12. Chant and Revelation
13. Not Music Alone
14. Songs and Sacri?ce
15. Necessary Songs
16. Words and Music
17. A Musical Heart
18. Singing About Singing
19. The Divine Musician
20. Work Songs
21. Proto-Cantors
22. New Year’s Noise
23. The Human Family
24. Dancing with Torches
25. Defending the Organ
Part Two: Torah—Pentateuch
26. All the Music of the Torah
27. Ordered Sound
28. Words, Words, Words
29. Singing Souls
30. Melodic Beginnings
31. A Musical Species
32. Musical Departures
33. God of the Philosophers
34. The Invisible Art
35. Inventing Hymns
36. A Musical Back-and-Forth
37. Effect and Belief
38. Miriam’s Song
39. Singing the Self
40. Music and Iconoclasm
41. Song of the Calf
42. Keeping Shabbat
43. Noisy Vestments
44. Distinguishing Sounds
45. How Goodly
46. Hearing the Holy
47. From Stutter to Song
48. Sabbath Peace
49. Table Songs
Part Three: Nevi’im—Prophets
50. Bad Vibrations
51. Terrifying Tones
52. Dancing with Timbrels
53. Fanfares
54. Music, Magic and Manipulation
55. Music Hidden and Revealed
56. Beauty and Function
57. Sacred Perception
58. Simulating Silence
59. Composing Legends
60. Performing Poetry
61. The Silent Treatment
62. Collective Healing
63. Surprising Sounds
64. Musical Prophets
65. Music as Rhetoric
66. Parties and Piety
Part Four: Ketuvim—Writings
67. The Signi?cance of Song
68. Temple Sounds
69. The Myth of Musical Purity
70. Persuasive Tones
71. Textual Tension
72. Everybody Sings
73. Theurgy and Concentration
74. Public-Private Prayer-Song
75. Psalms of Thanksgiving
76. The Thanksgiving Impulse
77. Musical Maccabees
78. A Musical Remedy
79. Selah
80. A Virtuoso in the Temple Choir
81. Enter in Song
82. Tuneful Bones
83. Loving Love Songs
84. Instrument of Joy
85. 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 War
100. Songs of Derision
Appendix: Resources in Jewish Musicology
Bibliography
Index
