| Uniform title | Musikkultur Altisraels/Palästinas. English |
| Series |
The Bible in its world
Bible in its world. ^A493894
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| Contents |
Introduction. Sources -- Geographical, chronological, and cultural Parameters -- Musical instruments in the Bible. Meaning ; Classification -- The instruments -- [superscript a]Seb[superscript e]rosim ; Halil ; H[superscript a]sos[superscript e]ra ; Kinnor ; M[superscript e]naànìm ; M[superscript e]siltayim, sels[superscript e]lim ; Nebel, nebel àsor ; Pa[̀superscript a]mon ; Qeren hayyobel ; Sopar and sop[superscript e]rot hayyob[superscript e]lim ; Top ; Ùgab -- Instruments in Daniel -- Collective expressions, typological terminology -- Terminology in the Psalms and unresolved questions -- Instruments in the New Testament -- The Stone Age (12th millennium-3200 B.C.). Natufians (ca. 12,000-8000 B.C.). Syncretism of work, cult, adornment, and sound -- The Chalcolithic period (ca. 4000-3200 B.C.). Music in the Dumuzi cult ; The appearance of the harp -- The Bronze Age (3200-1200 B.C.). Dance with lyres and drums -- The lute -- Egyptian-Canaanite music: gods and musicians -- Music in the Symposium -- Clay rattles: mass music, mass cults, mass culture -- The priests' bronze cymbals -- The Megiddo flute -- The Iron Age (1200-587 B.C.). Female drummers in the Israelite-Judean kingdom and surroundings -- From the sacred female double-reed blowers to male double-reed players -- Lyres in solo and ensemble performance. Pottery drawings ; Seals -- Musicians and dancers of the Philistine and Phoenician coast -- Conch trumpets -- The mystery of absence, or an argumentum ex silentio? The Babylonian-Persian period (587-333 B.C.): an interlude -- The Hellenistic-Roman period (Fourth century B.C.-Fourth century A.D.). Apotropaic bells -- Idumean hunting and mourning music and the Jewish temple trumpets -- The Nabatean-Safaitic culture -- Instruments of avant-garde professionals and conventional folk-musicians -- The cult of Dionysus -- Musical instruments in Samaritan areas -- Musical instruments as symbols of cult, state, and identity -- The shofar: tool of sound and ritual, symbol of faith and national identity. |
| Abstract |
This book contains the first study of the musical culture of ancient Israel/Palestine based primarily on the archaeological record. Noted musicologist Joachim Braun explores the music of the Holy Land region of the Middle East, tracing its form and development from its beginning in the Stone Age to the fourth century A.D. Also drawing from other sources, the author discusses the meaning and classification of musical instruments in the Bible and from the Stone Age to the Hellenistic- Roman period. Includes many illustrations of artifacts. Indexed by scriptural reference as well as subject and name. |
| General note | Revised, updated, and enlarged version of: Die Musikkultur Altisraels/Palästinas, 1999. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-354) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2001040362 |
| ISBN | 0802844774 (cloth : alk. paper) |
