Mark A. Lamport is a graduate professor in the United States and Europe.Benjamin K. Forrest is Professor of Christian Education and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Liberty University.Vernon M. Whaley is Dean of the Liberty University School of Music.

• List of TablesPrefaceAbout the Editors, Introduction Contributor, and Editorial Advisory BoardIntroduction to Volume 1: From Asia Minor to Western Europe / Paul WestermeyerPart 1: First to Ninth Centuries1. Hymns and Creedal Worship in the New Testament / Jim Samra2. Psalms in the Early Church / Mel R. Wilhoit3. Liturgical Patterns and Calendars / Paul Westermeyer4. Syriac Song in the Early Centuries / Tala Jarjour5. Latin Song in the Early Centuries / R. Scott Connell6. Byzantine Song in the Early Centuries: From Kantakion to the Canon / Dimitrios Skrekas7. Gregorian Chant through the Centuries / Anthony Ruff8. Trinitarian Hymns in the East and West / Kimberly Hope Belcher9. Insular and Carolingian Hymns / Pete Gavin FerribyPart 2: Tenth to Thirteenth Centuries10. Hymns, Sequences, and Tropes in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries / Susan Boynton11. Hymns and Sequences in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries / Margot E. Fassler12. Hymnody of the Western Religious Orders / Heather Josselyn-Cranson13. Music and Hymnody in the Late Byzantine Period / Spiro Antonopoulos14. Marian Hymnology in the East and West / Stephanie A. BudweyPart 3: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries15. Western European Vernacular Song through the Early Renaissance / Christopher Ruth16. Pre-Reformation German Vernacular Hymnody / Anthony Ruff17. Guillaume Du Fay / Rachel A. McNellis18. Josquin des Prez / Christopher Ruth19. English Liturgical Composers in the Fifteenth Century / Alexandra Buckle20. Orthodox Song in post-Byzantine Times / Richard BarrettTimeline for Volume 1 / Mel R. WilhoitFor Further Reading / Mel R. WilhoitContributor Biographies for Volume 1: Alphabetical ListingIndex of ScriptureIndex of Names and SubjectsIndex of Hymns

A remarkable group of scholars provides a perceptive set of essays to orient students to the riches of Christian hymnody throughout the first twenty centuries of Christianity. What a remarkable testimony this is to the Spirit's work in and through composers and poets throughout the centuries.

Mark A. Lamport is a graduate professor in the United States and Europe.Benjamin K. Forrest is Professor of Christian Education and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Liberty University.Vernon M. Whaley is Dean of the Liberty University School of Music.

• List of TablesPrefaceAbout the Editors, Introduction Contributor, and Editorial Advisory BoardIntroduction to Volume 1: From Asia Minor to Western Europe / Paul WestermeyerPart 1: First to Ninth Centuries1. Hymns and Creedal Worship in the New Testament / Jim Samra2. Psalms in the Early Church / Mel R. Wilhoit3. Liturgical Patterns and Calendars / Paul Westermeyer4. Syriac Song in the Early Centuries / Tala Jarjour5. Latin Song in the Early Centuries / R. Scott Connell6. Byzantine Song in the Early Centuries: From Kantakion to the Canon / Dimitrios Skrekas7. Gregorian Chant through the Centuries / Anthony Ruff8. Trinitarian Hymns in the East and West / Kimberly Hope Belcher9. Insular and Carolingian Hymns / Pete Gavin FerribyPart 2: Tenth to Thirteenth Centuries10. Hymns, Sequences, and Tropes in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries / Susan Boynton11. Hymns and Sequences in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries / Margot E. Fassler12. Hymnody of the Western Religious Orders / Heather Josselyn-Cranson13. Music and Hymnody in the Late Byzantine Period / Spiro Antonopoulos14. Marian Hymnology in the East and West / Stephanie A. BudweyPart 3: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries15. Western European Vernacular Song through the Early Renaissance / Christopher Ruth16. Pre-Reformation German Vernacular Hymnody / Anthony Ruff17. Guillaume Du Fay / Rachel A. McNellis18. Josquin des Prez / Christopher Ruth19. English Liturgical Composers in the Fifteenth Century / Alexandra Buckle20. Orthodox Song in post-Byzantine Times / Richard BarrettTimeline for Volume 1 / Mel R. WilhoitFor Further Reading / Mel R. WilhoitContributor Biographies for Volume 1: Alphabetical ListingIndex of ScriptureIndex of Names and SubjectsIndex of Hymns

A remarkable group of scholars provides a perceptive set of essays to orient students to the riches of Christian hymnody throughout the first twenty centuries of Christianity. What a remarkable testimony this is to the Spirit's work in and through composers and poets throughout the centuries.

Mark A. Lamport is a graduate professor in the United States and Europe.Benjamin K. Forrest is Professor of Christian Education and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Liberty University.Vernon M. Whaley is Dean of the Liberty University School of Music.

• List of TablesPrefaceAbout the Editors, Introduction Contributor, and Editorial Advisory BoardIntroduction to Volume 1: From Asia Minor to Western Europe / Paul WestermeyerPart 1: First to Ninth Centuries1. Hymns and Creedal Worship in the New Testament / Jim Samra2. Psalms in the Early Church / Mel R. Wilhoit3. Liturgical Patterns and Calendars / Paul Westermeyer4. Syriac Song in the Early Centuries / Tala Jarjour5. Latin Song in the Early Centuries / R. Scott Connell6. Byzantine Song in the Early Centuries: From Kantakion to the Canon / Dimitrios Skrekas7. Gregorian Chant through the Centuries / Anthony Ruff8. Trinitarian Hymns in the East and West / Kimberly Hope Belcher9. Insular and Carolingian Hymns / Pete Gavin FerribyPart 2: Tenth to Thirteenth Centuries10. Hymns, Sequences, and Tropes in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries / Susan Boynton11. Hymns and Sequences in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries / Margot E. Fassler12. Hymnody of the Western Religious Orders / Heather Josselyn-Cranson13. Music and Hymnody in the Late Byzantine Period / Spiro Antonopoulos14. Marian Hymnology in the East and West / Stephanie A. BudweyPart 3: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries15. Western European Vernacular Song through the Early Renaissance / Christopher Ruth16. Pre-Reformation German Vernacular Hymnody / Anthony Ruff17. Guillaume Du Fay / Rachel A. McNellis18. Josquin des Prez / Christopher Ruth19. English Liturgical Composers in the Fifteenth Century / Alexandra Buckle20. Orthodox Song in post-Byzantine Times / Richard BarrettTimeline for Volume 1 / Mel R. WilhoitFor Further Reading / Mel R. WilhoitContributor Biographies for Volume 1: Alphabetical ListingIndex of ScriptureIndex of Names and SubjectsIndex of Hymns

A remarkable group of scholars provides a perceptive set of essays to orient students to the riches of Christian hymnody throughout the first twenty centuries of Christianity. What a remarkable testimony this is to the Spirit's work in and through composers and poets throughout the centuries.