Ancient Hebrew Singing Recorded
in the Bible—part 3
The question of
importance to Church Musicians today is, should we or should we not use women
in church music? Should we consider the purported
disuse of women in the music of Temple worship, and the Biblical silence about
women in public worship as "proof" that women should not be used in
church music today? The Bible is silent
concerning the use of women in Temple worship.
However, this silence does not implicate that women should not be used
in church music today. Remember that
part of the reason that women were not used in Temple music was because of the
type of music they sang and played and the association of women's music with
harlotry. However, the ancient customs
of Israel concerning women did not allow for them to be used as Temple
musicians. It is safe to conclude from
the research that there is no Biblical evidence to cause us to exclude women
from church music today.
Thought for the Day
The
New Testament statement in 1 Timothy 2:12 that is not proper to let a woman “usurp
authority over the man” is not any form of New Testament prohibition of the use
of women in twenty first century church music.
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