Jewish Publication Society, 965 pages, $75. Reviewing Joshua Jacobson’s encyclopedic new “Chanting the Hebrew Bible” is akin to summarizing the Torah while standing on one foot. Cantillation — which ...
Rabbi Shefa Gold thought she was inventing the practice of Hebrew chant back in the 1980s. Before entering rabbinical school late in that decade she had been a musician fascinated by the power of ...
This recording is part 2 of 4 of a programme titled Musical Legacy of Ancient Israel. This part contains Psalms, Bible cantillation, prayers, hymns, and other cantoral music.