But hymns of praise and gratitude have been central to Jewish and Christian worship for millennia. In fact, they go back to one of the best-known scenes in the Hebrew Bible.

Anchor Hymns Makes Old Things New Interview by Kelsey Kramer McGinnis Drawing on centuries of hymnody, the songwriting collective asks the question “What else could we be singing about?” ...

More than a thousand years after it was last heard, an AI translator has brought a long-lost hymn to the ancient city of Babylon back to life.

side 1: Standard Male Quartette. The Hymns of the Old Church; side 2: Contralto solo. Sweet Hour of Prayer (United Record A254). 78 rpm. Recorded in 1906 and 1907, released in 1908. Re-issue of ...