SINGING GODS WORDS: The Performance Of Biblical Chant In Contemporary Judaism (American Musicspheres) - Couverture souple

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SUMMIT, Jeffrey

 
9780190497088: SINGING GODS WORDS: The Performance Of Biblical Chant In Contemporary Judaism (American Musicspheres)
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ISBN 10 : 0190497084 ISBN 13 : 9780190497088
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Singing God's Words is the first in-depth study of the experience and meaning of chanting or "reading" Torah among contemporary American Jews. This experience has been transformed dramatically in recent years by the impact of digital technology, feminism, the empowerment of lay people and a search for self-fulfillment through involvement with community. At a time when worshippers seek deeper spiritual experience, many Jews have found new meaning in the experience of reading Torah, an act that is broadly accessible to Jewish adults even as it requires intensive immersion with the text of the Bible in Hebrew.

This book examines why and how growing numbers of American Jews in all denominations see the public chanting of Biblical texts during the synagogue service as one of the most authentic and personal expressions of their religious identity. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with men and women, both professionals and congregants, Jeffrey A. Summit describes how the reading of Torah embodies their understanding of historical religious practice, even as it is shaped by contemporary views of spiritual experience. Through this act, holiness becomes manifest at the intersection of Biblical chant, sacred text, the individual, and the community.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jeffrey A. Summit is Research Professor in the Department of Music and Judaic Studies at Tufts University, where he also serves as rabbi and Neubauer Executive Director of Tufts Hillel. He is the author of The Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Music and Identity in Contemporary Jewish
Worship (OUP). His CD Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda was nominated for a Grammy Award.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0190497084
ISBN 13 
9780190497088
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
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9780199844081: Singing God's Words: The Performance of Biblical Chant in Contemporary Judaism

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ISBN 10 :  0199844089 ISBN 13 :  9780199844081
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2016
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