TY - BOOK ID - 118343924 TI - Why we sing : music, word, and liturgy in early Christianity : essays in honour of Anders Ekenberg's 75th birthday AU - Berglund, Carl Johan AU - Crostini Lappin, Barbara AU - Kelhoffer, James A. AU - Ekenberg, Anders PY - 2022 SN - 9004522034 9789004522039 9789004522053 9004522050 PB - Leiden: Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Liturgics KW - Church history KW - 246.8 <082> KW - 246.8 <082> Religieuze muziek--Feestbundels. Festschriften KW - Religieuze muziek--Feestbundels. Festschriften KW - Apostolic Church KW - Christianity KW - Church, Apostolic KW - Early Christianity KW - Early church KW - Primitive and early church KW - Primitive Christianity KW - Fathers of the church KW - Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) KW - Liturgiology KW - Liturgy KW - Public worship KW - Liturgies KW - Contemporary Christian music KW - Gospel music KW - Rhythm and blues music KW - African Americans KW - Popular music KW - Blues (Music) KW - Soul music KW - Sacred songs KW - CCM (Contemporary Christian music) KW - Christian contemporary music KW - Christian music, Contemporary KW - Christian popular music KW - Evangelical popular music KW - Jesus music KW - Popular music, Christian KW - Sacred vocal music KW - Contemporary Christian music. KW - Gospel music. KW - Rhythm and blues music. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118343924 AB - 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 Ge'ez 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. ER -