Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Abbreviations VII
4. Acknowledgments IX
5. Foreword XI
6. Preface XIII
7. Introduction XV
8. 1. The Jewish Liturgy at the Time of Primitive Christianity 1
9. 2. The Liturgical and Musical Traits of the Earliest Christian Community 17
10. 3. The Scriptural Lesson and its Liturgical Significance 50
11. 4. The Musical Tradition of Lessons and Cognate Liturgical Forms 102
12. 5. The Psalmodic Forms and their Evolution 128
13. 6. Semi-psalmodic and Melismatic Forms in the Liturgies of Church and Synagogue 167
14. 7. Hymns and Cognate Forms 207
15. 8. The Liturgical Acclamations 263
16. 9. The Doxology in Synagogue and Church 273
17. 10. The Aesthetic and Ethical Evaluation of Music in Synagogue and Church 313
18. Glossary 327
19. List of Scriptural References 338
20. General Index 344