Editing Harp (section)

=== Religious ===
[[File:Weingarten Marienkirche Empore Engel Harfe.jpg|left|thumb|St. Maria (Weingarten/[[Württemberg]])]]
In the context of [[Christianity]], [[heaven]] is sometimes symbolically depicted as populated by [[angels]] playing harps, giving the instrument associations of the sacred and heavenly. In the Bible, [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 4:21 says that [[Jubal (Bible)|Jubal]], the first musician and son of [[Lamech (descendant of Cain)|Lamech]], was 'the father of all who play' the harp and flute.<ref>{{Cite book |title=New International Version / King James Version |via=BibleGateWay.com |at=4:21 |chapter=Genesis |chapter-url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+4%3A21&version=NIV;KJV}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Van Vechten |first=Carl |author-link=Carl Van Vechten |year=1919 |title=On the relative difficulties of depicting heaven and hell in music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezszAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA553 |pages=553ff |periodical=[[The Musical Quarterly]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Woodstra |first1=Chris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlDOICBmhbkC&pg=PA699 |title=All-Music Guide to Classical Music: The definitive guide to classical music |last2=Brennan |first2=Gerald |last3=Schrott |first3=Allen |publisher=Backbeat Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-87930-865-0 |pages=699ff}}</ref>

Many depictions of [[David|King David]] in Jewish art have him holding or playing a harp, such as a sculpture outside [[David's Tomb|King David's tomb]] in Jerusalem.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plassio |first1=Marco |title=Jerusalem – King David |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jerusalem_-_King_David.jpg |website=Wikimedia Commons |date=8 August 2011 |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref>
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