Teaching through song in Antiquity
Subtitle: didactic hymnody among Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Christians
By: Matthew E. Gordley
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 302; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 302.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9783161507229
Subjects: Jewish hymns; Early Christian Hymns; History and criticism; Hymns, Greek (Classical); Hymns in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: 1. Beginning a study of ancient didactic hymns; title: 2. Homeric hymns and Hesiodic poetry; title: 3. Didactic hymns and prayers in the service of philosophy; title: 4. Didactic aspects of the praises of human rulers; title: 5. Didactic hymns in the Hebrew Bible; title: 6. Didactic hymns in Jewish writings from the second temple period to the second century; title: 7. Didactic hymns in the dead sea scrolls; title: 8. Didactic hymns in the letters of the new testament; title: 9. Didactic hymns in the New Testament narratives and the apocalypse; title: 10. Didactic hymns in early Christian writings; title: 11. Didactic hymns and the communities that treasured them.