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[ad_1] For all who read the Bible and wonder what David's harp really was, or Nebuchadnezzar's sack but cornet, Jeremy Montagu, retired curator of the Bate Collection of Oxford Historical Instruments, has composed an investigation and explanation surprisingly thorough musical instruments that the pages of the most sacred book of Western Civilization. This is a detailed study of all the musical instruments mentioned in the Bible, using the resources of linguistics, organology and ethnomusicology to identify and describe them. All references to an instrument are noted and all misconceptions of the translation are corrected. The Bible, as we know it in English, is a translation, and the history of biblical translations into Aramaic, Greek, Latin, and other languages is one of the conjectures. The substitution of musical instruments from the time of the translator for those of the original author is as common as it is overlooked. Jubal did not have an organ, nor David a harp. This book uses all available resources to establish what each instrument really was, how it looked and how it was played, and is organized in the same order as the King James Bible, with an explanation where this differs from other versions in English. In addition to a complete bibliography, there are three indexes. The first is Biblical Appointments so that readers can verify every mention in the Bible of their chapter and verse. The second is a parallel quadrilingual appointment in Hebrew, Greek, Latin and English, so that each reference can be cross-checked. The third is a general index.
The four biblical languages, Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin, are used to the fullest, and the original texts are frequently cited. There are 18 illustrations, some of which are archaeological remains, some ethnographic parallels, and one is the only biblical instrument that is still commonly used: the ram's horn that knocked down the walls of Jericho. Musical Instruments of the Bible is perfect for university theology and comparative religion depa
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