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Singing God's words : the performance of biblical chant in contemporary Judaism
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- Creator
- Jeffrey A. Summit
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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- 293 pages : music ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780190497088, 0190497084, 9780199844081, 0199844089
- OCLC
- ocn926050479
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.
- Part I. The tradition. Chanting Torah -- The Torah service and the re-creation of revelation -- Performing community -- Part II. The individual and the experience of chanting Torah. Singing your way into sacred space -- The same act: many levels of experience -- Women reading Torah -- Part III. The performance. The power of music in the transmission of Torah -- Music and the interpretation of meaning -- Part IV. Torah and technology. The transmission of tradition in a digital age -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Musical notation and graphic symbols of Torah trope