Music and the Allied Arts--Dance B
To begin our discussion
let me say that the Bible is not silent about dance. After many years of study of dance in the
Bible, I have come to the strong conclusion that there are no Bible mandates
for Christians to dance, and the inclusion of dance as a part of worship in the
First or Second Temple is nowhere traceable. The reason I mention the First and
Second Temple is because it is the only place in the Old Testament where we
have examples of the use of music as a part of *codified public worship.
However, the Bible does mention dance. The worst mistake that a music educator could
make would be to ignore the mention of dance in the Bible because students
should discuss dance in (and out of) the Bible in the context of the Christian
classroom. If a music educator ignores
the mention of dance in the Bible and the history of dance in general, students
will more than likely only have a secular view and/ or a liberal Christian view
of dance. Although it is outside the
scope of this book to thoroughly study in the Bible, I suggest that the reader
should refer to Music of the Bible in
Christian Perspective which has a very thorough word by word study of Dance
in the Bible.
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