Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#2

2. The God of Abraham Praise

Text Information

• First Line: The God of Abraham praise, all praise the eternal name
• Title: The God of Abraham Praise
• Translator: Max Landsberg (1885, alt.)
• Translator: Newton Mann (1885, alt.)
• Meter: 66.84D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Exodus 3:6
  ;
  Exodus 3:13-15
• Topic: God: Adoration and Praise; God: Eternal
• Source: Revised Version of the Yigdal, Daniel ben Judah, c. 1400

Tune Information

• Name: LEONI
• Adapter: Meyer Lyon (1770)
• Meter: 66.84D
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: Traditional Hebrew melody

Tune Information:

This melody is part of the great Jewish tradition, brought to Christian worship in 1772 when Wesleyan Methodist Thomas Olivers heard it sung in the Great Synagogue, Duke's Place, London