The Levite singers in Chronicles and their stabilising role
General introduction -- Scholar-singers in Mesopotamia -- King Jehoiachin of Judah and the influence of Mesopotamia on the Jewish exile community -- Temple as counterpart as a pre-understanding of the Chronicler -- Prophecy for covenantal stability: music and prophecy in the educational context of L...
| Published in: | Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London, England
Bloomsbury T & T Clark
2020
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| In: |
Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies (657)
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| Series/Journal: | Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies Old Testament studies
657 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Chronicle 1.-2.
/ Singer
/ Levite
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| Further subjects: | B
Levites
B Priests, Jewish Biblical teaching B Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics B Electronic books B Bible. Chronicles Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | General introduction -- Scholar-singers in Mesopotamia -- King Jehoiachin of Judah and the influence of Mesopotamia on the Jewish exile community -- Temple as counterpart as a pre-understanding of the Chronicler -- Prophecy for covenantal stability: music and prophecy in the educational context of Levite singers -- Remember YHWH's covenantal faithfulness: the shaping of YHWH's hymns in the scribal context of Levite singers -- Double synchronisations for cosmic stability: song and sacrifice in the liturgical context of Levite singers -- Conclusion. "This study focuses on the Chronicler's special interest in Levite singers. It takes into consideration the socio-ideological milieu of the Jerusalem temple community in the Persian period and the Mesopotamian elite professional norms and practices that nourished the singers and their music. It also explores the conception of the earthly temple as representative of its heavenly counterpart, and looks at the way in which this shaped the Chronicler's theological frame of reference. The work is divided into two parts. Part I examines the Mesopotamian scribal-musical background, to which Ko attributes the rise of music in Chronicles. Part II considers the Chronicler's ideological perspective, the language of the temple and the educational, scribal, and liturgical services of Levite singers. By focusing on the characterisation of the Levite singers in the light of their Mesopotamian counterparts, Ko shows how they sought to foster cosmic stability according to the terms of the Davidic covenant"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 0567677044 |
| Access: | Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5040/9780567677044 |