Music in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity

Music in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 294
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781317091936
ISBN-13 : 1317091930
Rating : 4/5 (930 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Music in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity by : John Arthur Smith

Download or read book Music in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity written by John Arthur Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Music in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, John Arthur Smith presents the first full-length study of music among the ancient Israelites, the ancient Jews and the early Christians in the Mediterranean lands during the period from 1000 BCE to 400 CE. He considers the physical, religious and social setting of the music, and how the music was performed. The extent to which early Christian music may have retained elements of the musical tradition of Judaism is also considered. After reviewing the subject's historical setting, and describing the main sources, the author discusses music at the Jerusalem Temple and in a variety of spheres of Jewish life away from it. His subsequent discussion of early Christian music covers music in private devotion, monasticism, the Eucharist, and gnostic literature. He concludes with an examination of the question of the relationship between Jewish and early Christian music, and a consideration of the musical environments that are likely to have influenced the formation of the earliest Christian chant. The scant remains of notated music from the period are discussed and placed in their respective contexts. The numerous sources that are the foundation of the book are evaluated objectively and critically in the light of modern scholarship. Due attention is given to where their limitations lie, and to what they cannot tell us as well as to what they can. The book serves as a reliable introduction as well as being an invaluable guide through one of the most complex periods of music history.


Music in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity Related Books

Music in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: John Arthur Smith
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

GET EBOOK

John Arthur Smith presents the first full-length study of music among the ancient Israelites, the ancient Jews and the early Christians in the Mediterranean lan
Music in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: John Arthur Smith
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-29 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

In Music in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, John Arthur Smith presents the first full-length study of music among the ancient Israelites, the ancient Je
Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: George W. E. Nickelsburg
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Fortress Press

GET EBOOK

In the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, Christian scholars portrayed Judaism as the dark religious backdrop to the liberating events of Jesus
Apocalypticism and Mysticism in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 226
Authors: John J. Collins
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-24 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

GET EBOOK

The nature and origin of Jewish mysticism is a controversial subject. This volume explores the subject by examining both the Hebrew and Aramaic tradition (Dead
Pedagogy in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 425
Authors: Karina Martin Hogan
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-30 - Publisher: SBL Press

GET EBOOK

Engage fourteen essays from an international group of experts There is little direct evidence for formal education in the Bible and in the texts of Second Templ