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."
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."
Jeffrey A. Summit is Research Professor in the Department of Music and Judaic Studies at Tufts University, where he also serves as rabbi and Neubauer Executive Director of Tufts Hillel. He is the author of The Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Music and Identity in Contemporary Jewish Worship (OUP). His CD Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Inhaltsangabe
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 11. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Appendix: Musical Notation and Graphic Symbols of Torah Trope
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 11. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Appendix: Musical Notation and Graphic Symbols of Torah Trope
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