Chanting the Hebrew Bible (Complete Edition): The Complete Guide to the Art of Cantillation

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Chanting the Hebrew Bible provides a fine history of the tradition and offers a comprehensive explanation of the practice, an explanation of regional variations and grammatical rules, and shows how chanting dramatizes and interprets the meaning within the biblical text. In addition, Jacobson shares his unique system of notation and supplies extensive examples of musical notation. Errata Producing a book as expansive and detailed as Chanting the Hebrew Bible was a big undertaking, and author Joshua Jacobson and ...
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Overview

Chanting the Hebrew Bible provides a fine history of the tradition and offers a comprehensive explanation of the practice, an explanation of regional variations and grammatical rules, and shows how chanting dramatizes and interprets the meaning within the biblical text. In addition, Jacobson shares his unique system of notation and supplies extensive examples of musical notation. Errata Producing a book as expansive and detailed as Chanting the Hebrew Bible was a big undertaking, and author Joshua Jacobson and JPS are very proud of this remarkable book. We feel sure that it will be the most important reference in its field for years to come.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780827606937
  • Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
  • Publication date: 6/25/2002
  • Series: Bible Titles Series
  • Edition description: BOOK & CD; Complete Edition
  • Pages: 1000
  • Sales rank: 478,995
  • Product dimensions: 8.50 (w) x 11.10 (h) x 2.30 (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introductin
Transliterations, Translations, and Text Sources
Pt. 1 The Ritual Art of Chanting the Hebrew Scripture 1
The Terminology of Cantillation 3
Pt. 2 The Sense of Cantillation 25
Ch. 2.1 Parallelism 26
Ch. 2.2 The Primary Dichotomy: Siluk and Etnahta 32
Ch. 2.3 Level Two: Tippeha 48
Ch. 2.4 Conjuctives (Connectors) 56
Ch. 2.5 Substitutions 67
Ch. 2.6 Level Two: Zakef 72
Ch. 2.7 Level Two: Segol as a Substitute for Initial Zakef 96
Ch. 2.8 Level Three: Tevir - Subdivisions Under Tippeha 110
Ch. 2.9 The Remote Conjuctives of Tevir 127
Ch. 2.10 The Disjunctive Revia: The Initial Stepping Segment in Level Three 139
Ch. 2.11 Pashta - Level Three Under Zakef 159
Ch. 2.12 Zarka - Level Three Under Segol 190
Ch. 2.13 Level Four: Geresh 209
Ch. 2.14 Level Four: Legarmeh 233
Ch. 2.15 Level Four: Pazer 243
Ch. 2.16 Level Four: Pazer Gadol 255
Ch. 2.17 Level Four: Telishah Gedolah 260
Pt. 3 Pronunciation 275
Pt. 4 The Masorah 360
Pt. 5 Reference 395
Ch. 5.1 The Te'amim 396
Ch. 5.2 Two Te'amim on a Single Word 414
Ch. 5.3 Troubleshooting 425
Ch. 5.4 Parsing the Hebrew Bible 436
Ch. 5.5 The Pegagogy of Cantillation: Suggestions for Teachers and Students 501
Pt. 6 The Melodies of Cantillation 511
Ch. 6.1 Interpreting the Te'amim 512
Ch. 6.2 Torah 532
Ch. 6.3 Haftarah 641
Ch. 6.4 The Festive Megillot: Song of Songs, Ruth and Ecclesiastes 732
Ch. 6.5 Esther 786
Ch. 6.6 Lamentations (Ekhah) 846
Ch. 6.7 Torah for the High Holiday Morning Service 883
Pt. 7 Appendices 925
Glossary 926
Bibliography 937
Supplementary Examples and Exercises 949
Index of the Recording of Musical Examples 964
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