Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity: Essays in Honour of Anders Ekenberg's 75th Birthday (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004522039)

Open Access for this publication was made possible by a generous donation from Segelbergska stiftelsen f liturgivetenskaplig forskning (The Segelbergska Foundation for Research in Liturgical Studies).

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.

Author: Carl Johan Berglund
ISBN-10: 9004522034
ISBN-13: 9789004522039
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2022
Pages: 628
Format: Hardcover