Literature or liturgy? : early Christian hymns and prayers in their literary and liturgical context in antiquity / edited by Clemens Leonhard and Hermut Löhr.

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  • English
  • French
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  • Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2014]
  • ©2014
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vi, 222 pages ; 24 cm

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    Summary note
    Which hymns and prayers did Christians of Antiquity recite in their congregations? Which sources are extant and how should we study them in order to answer these questions? The essays in this volume survey answers to these questions as they are given in theology, Jewish studies, and classical studies.
    Notes
    International conference proceedings, from a symposium held in Münster in December 2009.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    Language note
    In English, with 1 contribution in French.
    Contents
    • "Songs", "hymns", and "encomia" in the New Testament? / Ralph Brucker
    • Water, word, and name: the shifting pragmatics of the Sotah/Suspected Adulteress Ritual / Naomi Janowitz
    • Material aspects of prayer manuscripts at Qumran / Daniel K. Falk
    • Can wisdom be prayer? Form and function of the Psalms of Solomon / Stefan Schreiber
    • Fundamentals of the study of piyyut / Michael Rand
    • Les hymnes grecs païens de l'époque hellénistique et romaine / Didier Pralon
    • What can we know about the beginnings of Christian hymnody? / Hermut Löhr
    • Which hymns were sung in ancient Christian liturgies? / Clemens Leonhard
    • Hymns and prayers in the Apocryphal Acts of Thomas / Gerard Rouwhorst.
    Other title(s)
    Early Christian hymns and prayers in their literary and liturgical context in antiquity
    ISBN
    • 9783161532184 ((paperback))
    • 316153218X ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2014413321
    OCLC
    877850631
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