The Bible and Music

March 14th, 2017

During the class we talked about different impacts that music can have on a text. We looked at Luke 1:46-53, and examined a verse that essentially painted a picture of roles being reversed. This verse highlighted that the rich would be made poor, and the strong would be made weak. While the poor would be made rich and the weak would be made strong.Verses like this highlighting the coming of the Messiah have been transformed into songs.
Music has the ability to make a verse or message in a verse a lot more powerful. It also has the ability to deliver messages to people in a way that they are more likely to remember. Catchy songs are easier to recall in the future than just a Bible scripture. For example (all though this is very elementary), when little kids are just beginning to learn their ABC’s they are taught it through a song. Even to this very day, I can still remember the melody of the song even to this very day. This just goes to show the positive impact that music can have on scripture.