Chanting the Hebrew Bible: The Art of CantillationChanting 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, Joshua R. 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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Halakhah Religious Law | 6 |
Ambiguity in the Consonantal Text | 12 |
Inflection | 18 |
Copyright | |
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accent appears appropriate beginning Bible Biblical blessing called cantillation chanted chapter clause complement complete comprises conjunctive consonant dagesh Deut dichotomy disjunctive divided division Eccles etnaḥta Example exceptions Exercise Exod Ezek final four geresh Hebrew immediate indicate Jewish Josh Judg kadmah kamats Kings legarmeh letter level-three level-two LORD marked Masoretic meaning melody merekha meteg munaḥ normally Note object pashta pazer phrase pick-up placed practice preceded pronounced pronunciation punctuated reader reading revia Ruth scroll segment segol sheva short siluk Songs sound stressed syllable symbol ta'am te'amim telishah terminator tevir tippeḥa Torah tradition usually verb verse vowel word written zakef אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר דַּרְנָא תְּבִיר הוּא הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר וְלֹא זַרְקָא טִפְּחָא יְהוָה יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי לֹא לִי מַהְפַּךְ פַּשְׁטָא מוּנַח מוּנַח זָקֵף מֵרְכָא סִילוּק קַדְמָה גֶרֶשׁ רְבִיעַ תְּלִישָׁה קַדְמָה