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The Lord’s Song: The Basis, Function and Significance of Choral Music in Chronicles is unavailable, but you can change that!

Why do the books of Chronicles regard the performance of choral music as an integral part of the sacrificial ritual at the temple, despite the lack of sanction for it in the Pentateuch? And why do they stress that it must be synchronized with the presentation of the regular public burnt offering at the temple? These and other questions are answered in this challenging new volume. After an...

from Bach. It aims to test whether his insights can be substantiated exegetically from the books of Chronicles. The books of Chronicles often mention, or allude to, liturgical music at the temple in Jerusalem. It is dealt with in 1 Chron. 6:31–47 (6:16–32);1 9:14–16, 33; 15:1–16:43; 23:2–5, 25–32; 25:1–31; 2 Chron. 5:11–14; 7:1–6; 8:12–15; 20:18–30; 23:12–13, 18; 29:25–30; 30:21–22; 31:2; 34:12–13; and 35:15. The institution of the temple choir by David and its patronage by his successors, the organization
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