{"id":92105,"date":"2021-10-05T05:02:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T09:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=92105"},"modified":"2021-10-03T07:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T11:59:46","slug":"moses-the-musical-lawgiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/10\/moses-the-musical-lawgiver.html","title":{"rendered":"Moses the Musical Lawgiver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I\u2019ll save the big update related to my work on the Bible and music for a bit later in this post. But first, let me start with music. And before I can share music I must confess that\u00a0I somehow missed that 2021 is the 50th anniversary of Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em> even though I talked about the rock opera in my class there is a delightful article featuring extensive interview with New Testament scholar Mark Goodacre<\/a> that digs into the detail.<\/p>\n

Ben Witherington<\/a> made me aware of this music from the movie\u00a0Moses the Lawgiver<\/em>:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I discuss film scores quite a bit in my course on the Bible and music. I also recently discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishchoralmusic.com\/compositions-ac\/bat-yiftach-aharon-charlap\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Aharon Harlap\u2019s exploration of the story of Jephtha\u2019s daughter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title='The Jamd chamber choir - \u05d1\u05ea \u05d9\u05e4\u05ea\u05d7 \u05de\u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05d4\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05d7\u05e8\u05dc\"\u05e4' width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6w69OxaY_7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of other music related to the Bible by Harlap. He has also explored the story of the Akedah, the binding of Isaac.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Akeidat Yitzchak (The Binding of Issac) by Aharon Charlap\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cSH4J4YUJJE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are Three Psalms by Harlap:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dd \u05d1\u05dc\u05d1: \u05d0\u05d4\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05d7\u05e8\u05dc\u05f4\u05e4 \/ \u05ea\u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd - \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e1\u05d5\u05e4\u05e8\u05df, \u05e7\u05dc\u05e8\u05d9\u05e0\u05d8 \u05d5\u05e4\u05e1\u05e0\u05ea\u05e8\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d3olOE8cUkc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sticking with the Psalms but shifting to another composer, listen to Psalm 6 by Tam\u00e1s Beischer-Maty\u00f3, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2016\/10\/psalms-by-tamas-beischer-matyo.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">settings of two other Psalms I have shared here on my blog before<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tam\u00e1s Beischer-Maty\u00f3: Psalmus 6\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qKnBp4E0ciI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The above, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/worship.calvin.edu\/resources\/resource-library\/psalm-57-awake-up-my-glory\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sungji Hong\u2019s setting of Psalm 57<\/a>, are mentioned or discussed in my textbook on <em>The Bible and Music,<\/em> the draft of which is complete and has been submitted to the publisher to undergo peer review, so that\u2019s the big new update! I\u2019m really happy with how it has turned out. Also mentioned in the book are are David Hurd\u2019s settings of Psalms 51 and Psalm 100:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miserere Mei, Deus (Psalm 51) a setting by David Hurd\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9kWugoMNcYE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 100 - David Hurd\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ysU8iFTpdM8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xih8yL_Bz94\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">learn more about Dr. David Hurd\u2019s life and music through interviews available online<\/a> such as this one:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Championing Black Voices - Composer Dr. David Hurd, Performance and Interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Ap_Zn-lt1M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is Cesar Franck\u2019s setting of Psalm 150:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 150 - Cesar Franck\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DmAkdPOVnMM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Richard Elfyn Jones\u2019 setting of Psalm 46:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/666322142&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Richard Elfyn Jones\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/richardelfynjones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Richard Elfyn Jones<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Psalm 46\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/richardelfynjones\/psalm-46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Psalm 46<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milkenarchive.org\/articles\/view\/musaf-service-for-roshana\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Musaf Service for Rosh Ha-Shanah courtesy of the Milken Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.sarahblakelarose.com\/2020\/10\/29\/a-lament-for-music\/<\/p>\n<p>Episcopal Cafe had a piece about Hildegard of Bingen, most famous down the ages as a religious leader but today increasingly known as a composer.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/hildegard-of-bingen\/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hildegard-of-bingen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealmagazine.org\/things-get-broken\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Commonweal<\/i> has an article on Bernstein\u2019s <i>Mass<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bob Cornwall reviews <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobcornwall.com\/2021\/09\/psobriety-jeff-dafler-review.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Psobriety: A Journey of Recovery Through the Psalms<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/all-things-rite-musical-a-late-stage-pandemic-chat\/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-things-rite-musical-a-late-stage-pandemic-chat<\/p>\n<p>G. F. Handel composed music about ancient Egypt in the Ptolemaic period, and thus not unrelated to the Bible. <a href=\"https:\/\/haendel-aegypten.gbv.de\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Handel\u2019s reception of Ptolemaic Egypt is the focus of a new online exhibit<\/a> (HT <a href=\"http:\/\/ancientworldonline.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/online-exhibition-die-gesange-der.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AWOL<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"x88JZrsyhS\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicformass.blog\/2021\/09\/24\/starting-singing-again\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Starting singing again in church<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cStarting singing again in church\u201d \u2014 Music for Mass\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicformass.blog\/2021\/09\/24\/starting-singing-again\/embed\/#?secret=Wnrfjs2e3Q#?secret=x88JZrsyhS\" data-secret=\"x88JZrsyhS\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/78756-2\/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=78756-2<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weekendfisher.blogspot.com\/2021\/09\/magnificat-pure-heart-that-rejoices-in.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Weekend Fisher on the Magnificat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/readingreligion.org\/books\/ecologies-resonance-christian-musicking\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Review of a new book on Christian \u201cmusicking\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/progressivechristianity.org\/tcpc-weekly-liturgy\/sing-a-new-song\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Progressive Christianity: Sing a New Song<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetorah.com\/article\/levites-a-transjordanian-tribe-of-priests\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Torah<\/em> has an article on the Levites and their history<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QQWZVD0ZFX\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidbcapes.com\/2021\/09\/28\/teeny-tykes-and-tunes-pamela-vandewalker\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Teeny Tykes and Tunes\u2013Pamela Vandewalker<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cTeeny Tykes and Tunes\u2013Pamela Vandewalker\u201d \u2014 A Word in Edgewise\" src=\"https:\/\/davidbcapes.com\/2021\/09\/28\/teeny-tykes-and-tunes-pamela-vandewalker\/embed\/#?secret=3AAyRx53dt#?secret=QQWZVD0ZFX\" data-secret=\"QQWZVD0ZFX\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ll save the big update related to my work on the Bible and music for a bit later in this post. 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