8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; xxxvi - 368 pp with a 32 page bibliography, a comprehensive index, and illustrations. Part of the series entitled "The Bible in Its World". The first study of the musical culture of ancient Israel / Palestine based primarily on the archaeological record. Traced from beginnings in the Stone Age to the fourth century AD Braun is a noted musicologist and taught for many years at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel. An as-new and unused book with slight shelf wear to the dust jacket.