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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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Book
Language
English
French
Published/Created
Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2014]
©2014
Description
vi, 222 pages ; 24 cm
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BV213 .L48 2014
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Subject(s)
Hymns
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History and criticism
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Prayer
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Christianity
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History
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Laudatory poetry
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Piyutim
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Psalms of Solomon
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Acts of Thomas
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Literature or liturgy? Early Christian Hymns and Prayers in their Literary and Liturgical Context in Antiquity (2009 : Münster, Germany)
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Editor
Leonhard, Clemens
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Löhr, Hermut
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Piyutim
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Series
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 363.
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Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 0340-9570 ; 363
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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.
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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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