Chanting the Hebrew Bible: The Complete Guide to the Art of Cantillation
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...
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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.
AcknowledgementsIntroductinTransliterations, Translations, and Text SourcesPt. 1The Ritual Art of Chanting the Hebrew Scripture1The Terminology of Cantillation3Pt. 2The Sense of Cantillation25Ch. 2.1Parallelism26Ch. 2.2The Primary Dichotomy: Siluk and Etnahta32Ch. 2.3Level Two: Tippeha48Ch. 2.4Conjuctives (Connectors)56Ch. 2.5Substitutions67Ch. 2.6Level Two: Zakef72Ch. 2.7Level Two: Segol as a Substitute for Initial Zakef96Ch. 2.8Level Three: Tevir - Subdivisions Under Tippeha110Ch. 2.9The Remote Conjuctives of Tevir127Ch. 2.10The Disjunctive Revia: The Initial Stepping Segment in Level Three139Ch. 2.11Pashta - Level Three Under Zakef159Ch. 2.12Zarka - Level Three Under Segol190Ch. 2.13Level Four: Geresh209Ch. 2.14Level Four: Legarmeh233Ch. 2.15Level Four: Pazer243Ch. 2.16Level Four: Pazer Gadol255Ch. 2.17Level Four: Telishah Gedolah260Pt. 3Pronunciation275Pt. 4The Masorah360Pt. 5Reference395Ch. 5.1The Te'amim396Ch. 5.2Two Te'amim on a Single Word414Ch. 5.3Troubleshooting425Ch. 5.4Parsing the Hebrew Bible436Ch. 5.5The Pegagogy of Cantillation: Suggestions for Teachers and Students501Pt. 6The Melodies of Cantillation511Ch. 6.1Interpreting the Te'amim512Ch. 6.2Torah532Ch. 6.3Haftarah641Ch. 6.4The Festive Megillot: Song of Songs, Ruth and Ecclesiastes732Ch. 6.5Esther786Ch. 6.6Lamentations (Ekhah)846Ch. 6.7Torah for the High Holiday Morning Service883Pt. 7Appendices925Glossary926Bibliography937Supplementary Examples and Exercises949Index of the Recording of Musical Examples964
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