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Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity: Essays in Honour of Anders Ekenberg’s 75th Birthday

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2022
ISBN
9789004522039, 9789004522053
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3995052 bytes)
Series
Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements
Volume
177
Pages
612\626
Time added
2022-12-11 03:47:50

Description

In a seminal study, Cur cantatur?, Anders Ekenberg examined Carolingian sources for explanations of why the liturgy was sung, rather than spoken. This multidisciplinary volume takes up Ekenberg’s question anew, investigating the interplay of New Testament writings, sacred spaces, biblical interpretation, and reception history of liturgical practices and traditions. Analyses of Greek, Latin, Coptic, Arabic, and Gǝʿǝz sources, as well as of archaeological and epigraphic evidence, illuminate an array of topics, including recent trends in liturgical studies; manuscript variants and liturgical praxis; Ignatius of Antioch’s choral metaphor; baptism in ancient Christian apocrypha; and the significance of late ancient altar veils.

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