I have ulterior motives in offering a free e-book.
- I am looking for backers, performers, brave souls to perform this short cantata. It is scored for 4 voices and harp.
- I want to learn Biblical Hebrew better, and Jonah is the text that (I might say) God repeatedly assigned me over the last 45 years. I was not a promising student. So I can testify to the patience of the one who assigned it.
- I want others to learn how to read Biblical Hebrew in SimHebrew, a Latin equivalent to fully spelled Hebrew (consonantal Hebrew without vowel points or cantilation). SimHebrew is a reliable learning tool and will I am sure prove very helpful to me. But seriously, we cannot ignore the music.
- I would like feedback on how this kind of presentation of Biblical Hebrew works.
If you are interested, let me know (Twitter DM @drmacdonald) and I will send you a link. It
summarizes what I have written about Jonah these past several years. And it
summarizes my cantata and my thoughts about why it is important.
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