Music Philosophy Begins with the Genesis Record-part 2

Music Philosophy Begins with the Genesis Record-part 2

It is not a novel thought that the 21^st century Christian musician should be deeply involved in thinking about music. As far back as the Levite musicians in ancient Israel, the Egyptian musicians, the Ugaritic musicians, Plato, Aristotle, the church fathers such as Aquinas and Augustine, Luther, Calvin, John and Charles Wesley, and Zwingli, to mention only a few, have been greatly concerned about music and its effect on the human race. 

A plethora of conflicting books either partially of in entirely written about music philosophy have been written in the last 100 years from a secular perspective.  It is unfortunate that so little has been written about music philosophy from a Bible basis or even from a faith basis.  Most of the books written by Christian musicians that discuss music philosophy have only devoted a portion of their works to a serious study of music philosophy.  It is also most regrettable that Christian authors have not struggled with many of the major concepts of music philosophy that the secular music philosopher have and are still dealing with in this century.  So, there is much need for current philosophical writings about music from a Bible and faith basis.

Thought for the Day

 Colossians 2:8, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”  Sulagogeo (4812) translated spoil in the AV means to lead astray or to plunder.  Thus music philosophy that is not Bible based will rob the musician of his or her correct thinking.