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Tanulmányomban Ádám Jenő munkásságát, valamint a református gyülekezeti énekek dallamát feldolgozó egyházzenei kompozícióit mutatom be. Kodály Zoltán neve mellett az övé elhalványul, pedig a zenepedagógia területén igen jelentős értéket teremtett: a mester elveit ő ültette gyakorlatba, több évtizedes, szorgalmas munkával, nemzedékek zenei oktatását segítve. Egyházzenei művei által a gyülekezeti énekkarok repertoárja gazdagodott.

Psalm-singing in the Community of Therapeutae Based on De vita contemplativa by Philo of Alexandria. The Therapeutae’s ascetic devotion is characterized not only by searching the scriptures, meditation and prayer but also by singing of hymns and psalms. Hymns were composed by the principals of the community, they were those who taught the community members to sing them and they continually enriched the hymnal with new ones. The Essenes’ and Therapeutae’s psalm-singing indicates first of all the common Old Testament origin. However these religious communities had different self-identity from that of the normative Jews and this identity required for a special psalm-poetry to be accomplished. The Therapeutae’s psalms remind us of the church psalm-tradition characterized, just like the Essene hymns, by responsive singing and refrains.