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

Carl Johan Berglund* (Editor), Barbara Crostini (Editor), James A. Kelhoffer (Editor)

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLeiden
PublisherBrill
Number of pages612
ISBN (Electronic)978-90-04-52205-3
ISBN (Print)978-90-04-52203-9
Publication statusPublished - 17 Nov 2022
MoE publication typeC2 Edited work

Publication series

NameVigiliae Christianae Supplements
PublisherBrill
Volume177
ISSN (Print)0920-623x

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