Title: Hymn fragments embedded in the New Testament : Hellenistic Jewish and Greco-Roman parallels /
Authors: DiPaolo, Lawrence
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Jesus Christ History of doctrines; Bible. Theology.; Hymns in the Bible; Wisdom literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Greek literature Relation to the New Testament
Contents: Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Foreword: By Thomas H. Tobin -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Are there Hymns in the New Testament? -- Prose Hymns: A brief word on Aelius Aristides -- The one source of the Christ Hymns -- Chapter Two: Elements in the New Testament -- The Hymn Fragments -- The Pre-existence Christ -- The pre-existence Christ and the question of Provenance -- Christ the Creator -- Christ the Creator and Language: Contemporary parallels -- The Image of Christ the incarnate Divinity -- The image of Christ the Incarnate Divinity and Provenance -- Chapter Three: Jewish Wisdom Speculation and the Hymns -- Origins of Divine Wisdom in the Book of Proverbs -- Echoes of Divine wisdom in other religious traditions -- Divine Wisdom in the Sirach -- The Wisdom of Solomon -- The Intersection of Hellenistic Philosophy and Religion -- Middle Platonism and the Metaphysics of Prepositions -- Philo of Alexandria and the Logos