THE ROCK-A-BILLY MUSEUM in Jackson, Mississippi, has an exhibition on musical instruments in the Bible:

Rock-A-Billy Museum will host exhibit on Biblical instruments beginning Monday

By TRACIE SIMER
tsimer@jacksonsun.com
• September 19, 2009

Trumpets, harps, horns and drums all are modern-day instruments found in most orchestras. They also were found in ancient civilizations, including ancient Israel and the Roman Empire.

Instruments and music have been an important part of the Bible since the book of Genesis, said Henry Harrison, director of the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame Museum in downtown Jackson.

The museum has a collection of religious instruments on display for two weeks. The first tours begin at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday. The next stop for the exhibit is First United Methodist Church, also downtown, he said.

Harrison consulted many resources, including the Harvard Dictionary of Music, a Biblical concordance and various Web sites.

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The collection sounds a bit ad hoc, in that it's based on English translations of terms we don't necessarily understand well, but interesting nonetheless.