Books by Theodore W. Burgh

Is God Funky or What?: Black Biblical Culture and Contemporary Popular Music complicates the traditional categories of sacred and secular by exposing religious rhetoric of contemporary popular black music and revealing a biblical-based spirituality that forms the cultural context.

Examines the use of music and musical instruments in the ancient Israel and Palestine. By taking a look at some of the enigmatic and under-researched subjects of ancient music, this work discusses ways in which the study of music can help us understand daily life in ancient Israel better.