Tracing Music’s Origin-part 6

Tracing Music’s Origin-part 6

            So, after much confusion, musicologists are now face to face with the fact that the notation of Bible music is authentic and that it is very ancient.  Music historians now realize that the Ugaritic notation is 1400 to 1500 years older than the Greek fragments and that the precise Bible music notation is at least 3000 years old.  Depending on when the te’amim were developed (See Music of the Bible in Christian Perspective, chapter eight.), written Bible music may be much older than the 3000 years date given by Stolba.

            Why all this fuss about music history?  The import of this discussion is simply that in the beginning God created music.  It is my belief that it is possible God revealed the te’amim to the ancient Bible authors who wrote both music and words as a unit.  It is possible that God revealed the te’amim to Moses on Mt. Sinai or that he acquired this knowledge from the Egyptians i.e. Acts 7:22, “And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.”