Music in the Hebrew Bible

Jonathan L. Friedmann is a professor of Jewish music history at the Academy for Jewish Religion California, extraordinary professor of theology at North-West University (NWU), South Africa, and a research fellow at NWU in musical arts in South Africa: resources and applications. He is the author, editor, or compiler of 19 books on music and religion. Visit his website at jonathanfriedmann.com.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart One: Background1. Music All Around2. A Silent Source3. The Ethos of Song4. Instruction and Inspiration5. Institutions of Song6. A Human Need7. Ceremonial Tones8. Vessels of Song9. Is It Music?10. Dancing into Being11. The Purposes of Cantillation12. Chant and Revelation13. Not Music Alone14. Songs and Sacrifice15. 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 Significance 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 Places86. Particular and Universal87. Musical Awakening88. Liturgy and Leftovers89. Hallelujah90. Fear the Music91. Sound and Circumstance92. Sonorous Revelation93. Survival and the Song of Songs94. Sing an Old Song95. Ritual Reenactmant96. Sound Science97. A Singing Community98. Ear of the Beholder99. In Song and War100. Songs of DerisionAppendix: Resources in Jewish MusicologyBibliographyIndex