Music in the Temples of Solomon and Herod.

Praise God on this day of Thanksgiving. My faith community is Eastern Orthodoxy, but I wanted to ask you all, because I thought you might have resources in the traditional Liturgy of the Jews. Question: does anyone have any positive (solidly ascertainable) information concerning the music appropriated to the Psalms and contingent liturgical worship? Please advise as to what i can consult with reference to the oldest music of the Great Temples of Solomon and Herod. Be blessed! Robb

I appreciate your comments. I might speculate that the secretive Jewish masters know a bit, concerning the music, but as you suggest, it remains unrevealed to such as are not properly prepared in the tradition. Considering the dominance of anti-semitism in many places, secrecy is probably justified. If anything is uncovered and crosses your path, I should like to see it. Kindest regards! Robb

Norbert L said:

I had a friend who was an accomplished musician, in order to get the sheet music he wanted, it was required of him to buy it. Absolutely zero speculation about that.

You'll find information about her work on Amazon, search for "The Music of the Bible Revealed: The Deciphering of a Millenary Notation" It has some helpful reviews about her work.

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<<>>. This information is extremely kindly received, and I thank you so very much. My family has some musical talent, and we have Christian clergy is many generations. Howbeit the Bible remains a vast mystery. I like to see what the Bible approves of, in every realm, such as art and science. The Bible standards are the foundation of health of spirit, mind, body, society etc. The law of the Lord is sweeter than honeycomb. My very kindest regards! Please send anything you feel inclined to send, this is very important!! Robb

I heard, once upon a time, some hymns from the Samaritans. By accident, I heard Psalm 114 << was listening around this time of year, long ago, on the radio, and someone commented that the ancient Latin Rite hymn , "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel" contained Jewish elements in the tune employed: <<http://www.hymnary.org/tune/veni_emmanuel_chant>>. The essential movement of the Psalm 114, as I present it here, is recognizably related to the Veni Veni chant. Where there is smoke, possibly some warm coals remain. The first Apostles were Jews, and before the political distress of Israel, such as revolts and oppression, and diaspora, and under the leadership of Apostle James the Great, it is natural that much Jewish Liturgy was utilized--and why not? Christianity is not some foreign sect like Taoism, it retains vast strata of Jewish material, which is reformed by each of the great branches such as Eastern Orthodox Greek Catholic, Latin Roman Catholic, Luther et al Protestants, etc. So they all read the Old Testament, the Eastern Orthodox retain the Jewish Septuagint, and read the Greek New Testament which is intertextual with the Septuagint. Jerome's Vulgate is based on a deeply learned Jerome , who delved into the Septuagint and the Old Latin Translation. It may be that a lot osmosed through from the Jews.