Twice Used Songs: Performance Criticism of the Songs of Ancient Israel

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Recycled songs..........2 Orality, the written word, and performance .....5 what do we mean by performance criticism?..............12 Setting the stage .............16 Iconic and dialectic presentation ...........20 Actor-Character-Audience ........21 Performative mode of Thought ......22 A few key texts for understanding performance ......23 2. The book of Jashar: The song Scroll .......25 Choral response performance ............27 Act-scheme .........27 The day the sun stood still ......29 The song of the bow ........34 Solomon`s Temple dedication .........41 3. The song of the Sea ...........49 Performance criticism and the structure of the poem .............51 Embodiment ........54 Unfolding display ...........55 Twice used Songs: Performance usurped .........57 The prose context of the performance ...........61 Ghosting in the song of the sea ............62 Illumination ........64 4. The song od Deborah ............67 The song of Deborah in its Prose context ...........69 Song in Prose .............73 The power of Song ...........75 Iconic presentation and the song of Deborah .........80 5. The song of Asaph ......85 Performance mode of tought ........86 The composite song of asaph : 1 Chronicles ...........87 Active audience ..................96 Power of Performance ..........97 Being and becoming ......99 6. Songs not sung .........105 7. Short choruses: the pop music of hebrew narrative ......119