God is a Verb by David Cooper

God is a Verb by David Cooper

Since medieval times, the mystical tradition of Kabbalah was restricted to qualified men over forty--because it was believed that only the most mature and pious could grasp its complexity and profound, life-changing implications. More recently, Kabbalah nearly disappeared--as most of its practitioners perished in the Holocaust. In the national bestseller God Is a Verb, this powerful spiritual tradition, after centuries of secrecy and near-extinction, is explained clearly by one of its most prominent teachers.

Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we get there? These questions have fueled Kabbalists for nearly a millennium. Rabbi David A. Cooper is the first to bring this obscure and difficult tradition to a mainstream audience in a way that gently leads us to the heart of the subject, showing us how to transform profound teachings into a meaningful personal experience--and appreciate fully this great mystical process we know as God.

David Cooper is Professor of Music and Technology at the University of Leeds. His research interests include the film music of Bernard Herrmann, Bela Bartok and Irish traditional music. He has written monographs on Herrmann's scores to Vertigo and The Ghost and Mrs Muir, and forthcoming publications include a study of the traditional music of Northern Ireland. Christopher Fox is Research Professor in Music in the School of Arts at Brunel University. One of the leading experimental composers of his generation, his most recent new works have featured in the Wien Modern and Stockholm New Music festivals. He has written extensively on experimental and avant-garde music, and edited books on the music of Michael Finnissy, and the Darmstadt School. Ian Sapiro is a Research Assistant in the School of Music at the University of Leeds, where he is also reading for a PhD investigating the role of the orchestrator in contemporary film scoring. His research interests include film music, particularly the scores of Trevor Jones, musical theatre and orchestration.

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ISBN 13	9781573220552
ISBN 10	1573220558
Title	God is a Verb
Author	David Cooper
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Riverhead Books
Year published	1997-08-25
Number of pages	333
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