| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, music |
| Series |
American musicspheres |
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American musicspheres.
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| Contents |
Cover; Series; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; About the Companion Website; 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 |
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11. ConclusionAppendix: Musical Notation and Graphic Symbols of Torah Trope; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The first in-depth study of chanting Torah among contemporary Jews in the United States, Singing God's Words presents a reconceptualization of spiritual experience. Jeffrey A. Summit details the transforming effect that digital technology, feminism, and a pursuit of self-fulfillment in the community has had on congregants and clergy as they teach, learn, and understand what it means to stand at the epicenter of Jewish worship and ""read Torah."" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 19, 2016) |
| Subject |
Jews -- Music -- History and criticism.
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Judaism -- Liturgy.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
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MUSIC -- Lyrics.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal.
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Jews -- Music
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Judaism -- Liturgy
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199845705 |
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0199845700 |
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9780190497071 |
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0190497076 |
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0199844089 |
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9780199844081 |
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