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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818298503321

Autore

Koli͡ada E. I (Elena Ivanovna)

Titolo

A compendium of musical instruments and instrumental terminology in the Bible / / Yelena Kolyada ; translated from Russian by the author with the assistance of David J. Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-49039-8

0-367-87215-3

1-315-71092-7

1-317-49040-1

1-84553-739-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

BibleWorld

Altri autori (Persone)

ClarkDavid J. <1937->

Disciplina

220.8/78419

Soggetti

Music in the Bible

Musical instruments

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in English 2009 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen.

This translation is an adaptation of the author's PhD thesis published in Russian by Kompozitor, Moscow, in 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-295) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Instrumental music of the Bible -- Plucked stringed instruments -- Wind instruments -- Percussion instruments -- Ambivalent instrumental terms -- Generic and unclear musical terms -- Biblical musical instruments in postbiblical sources and in Bible translations.

Sommario/riassunto

A Compendium of Musical Instruments and Instrumental Terminology in the Bible draws on extensive historical research, comparative linguistic analysis and musical study to offer the first compilation of its kind. The volume examines the entire range of musical instruments in the Bible - stringed, wind and percussion - drawing on ancient and modern translations of the Bible and the works of rabbinic teachers, Church Fathers and medieval, renaissance and contemporary scholars. The book offers a historical survey of Hebrew instrumental music - its origins and links with neighbouring cultures, the role of instruments in the religious, social, public and private life of ancient Israel, and the system of musical education - and explores the understanding of



Hebrew musical instruments in post-biblical times. This comprehensive volume will be invaluable to musicologists, archaeologists, theologians, historians, philologists and Bible translators, as well as general readers in the subject.