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Chanting the Hebrew Bible: The Complete Guide to the Art of Cantillation » (BOOK & CD)
Authors: Joshua R. Jacobson
ISBN-13: 9780827606937, ISBN-10: 0827606931
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Date Published: March 2002
Edition: BOOK & CD
Author Biography: Joshua R. Jacobson
Book Synopsis
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.
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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