LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1:
The "Prose" System of Te`amim1

FIGURE 2:
The "Poetic" System of Te`amim2

FIGURE 3:
The Choral Structure of the Song of Songs3

FIGURE 4:
The Chiasmic Poetic Structure of the Song of Songs4

FIGURE 5:
A Quasi-Mathematical Model of the Biblical Melos5

FIGURE 6:
The Axiality of the Sublinear Degrees6

FIGURE 7:
The Cartesian Coordinates of the Sublinear Degrees7

FIGURE 8:
The Ornamentation Given by the Superlinear Melismas8

FOOTNOTES

1. After Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura, La musique de la Bible révélée, Volume 3 score (Paris: Fondation Roi David, 1988), p. 44.
2. After Haïk-Vantoura, op. cit., p. 45.
3. Table by John H. Wheeler, as based on Haïk-Vantoura's score. Copyright 1994, 2001 by John H. Wheeler.
4. We wish to thank Dr. Robert L. Alden (member of the Society of Biblical Literature) for the original table which is the basis of our own. Our modifications, of course, are based on the indications of the te`amim. Copyright 1994, 2001 by John H. Wheeler.
5. Copyright 1994, 2001 by John H. Wheeler.
6. Adapted from Haïk-Vantoura, Message biblique intégrale (Paris: Fondation Roi David, 1994), pp. T-33, T-34. The adaptations as such of Haïk-Vantoura's list of definitions, and all additions and corrections to it, are those of the author of this book. Copyright 1994, 2001 by John H. Wheeler.
7. Copyright 1994, 2001 by John H. Wheeler.
8. Adapted from Haïk-Vantoura, Message biblique intégrale, p. T-35. Copyright 1994, 2001 by John H. Wheeler.

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