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Singing God's Words - The Performance of Biblical Chant in Contemporary Judaism (Hardcover)
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Singing God's Words - The Performance of Biblical Chant in Contemporary Judaism (Hardcover)
Series: American Musicspheres
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Singing God's Words is the first in-depth study of the experience
and meaning of chanting or "reading" Torah among contemporary
American Jews. This experience has been transformed dramatically in
recent years by the impact of digital technology, feminism, the
empowerment of lay people and a search for self-fulfillment through
involvement with community. At a time when worshippers seek deeper
spiritual experience, many Jews have found new meaning in the
experience of reading Torah, an act that is broadly accessible to
Jewish adults even as it requires intensive immersion with the text
of the Bible in Hebrew. This book examines why and how growing
numbers of American Jews in all denominations see the public
chanting of Biblical texts during the synagogue service as one of
the most authentic and personal expressions of their religious
identity. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with men and women,
both professionals and congregants, Jeffrey A. Summit describes how
the reading of Torah embodies their understanding of historical
religious practice, even as it is shaped by contemporary views of
spiritual experience. Through this act, holiness becomes manifest
at the intersection of Biblical chant, sacred text, the individual,
and the community.
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