Singing God's Words: The Performance of Biblical Chant in Contemporary Judaism
- Author: Summit, Jeffrey A.
The author attends to a wide spectrum of practicing Jews, from those of the seeker-centered renewal movement to the more orthopraxic members of Chabad. Though Summit has a sharp eye for the... — More…
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Contents
- 1. Introduction
- PART I
- The Tradition
- 2. Chanting Torah
- 3. The Torah Service and the Re-creation of Revelation
- 4. Performing Community
- PART II
- The Individual and the Experience of Chanting Torah
- 5. Singing Your Way into Sacred Space
- 6. The Same Act: Many Levels of Experience
- 7. Women Reading Torah
- PART III
- The Performance
- 8. The Power of Music in the Transmission of Torah
- 9. Music and the Interpretation of Meaning
- PART IV
- Torah and Technology
- 10. The Transmission of Tradition in a Digital Age
- 11. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Appendix: Musical Notation and Graphic Symbols of Torah Trope
