The Colossian hymn in context : an exegesis in light of Jewish and Greco-Roman hymnic and epistolary conventions

The Colossian hymn in context an exegesis in light of Jewish and Greco-Roman hymnic and epistolary conventions

Teilw. zugl.: Notre Dame, Ind., Univ., Diss., 2006

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1. Verfasser:	Gordley, Matthew E. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Tübingen Mohr Siebeck 2007
Schriftenreihe:	Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament / 2 228
Schlagworte:	Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc > Bibel > Hymns, Early Christian > Hymns, Greek (Classical) > Jewish hymns > Hymne > Hochschulschrift > Bibliografie > Exegese > Griechisch > Frühjudentum > Umwelt > Paulus > Theologie > Traditionsgeschichtliche Forschung
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Zusammenfassung:	Teilw. zugl.: Notre Dame, Ind., Univ., Diss., 2006 The suggestion that the New Testament contains citations of early Christological hymns has long been a controversial issue in New Testament scholarship. As a way of advancing this facet of New Testament research, Matthew E. Gordley examines the Colossian hymn (Col 1:15-20) in light of its cultural and epistolary contexts. As a result of a broad comparative analysis, he claims that Col 1:15-20 is a citation of a prose-hymn which represents a fusion of Jewish and Greco-Roman conventions for praising an exalted figure. A review of hymns in the literature of Second Temple Judaism demonstrates that the Colossian hymn owes a number of features to Jewish modes of praise. Likewise, a review of hymns in the broader Greco-Roman world demonstrates that the Colossian hymn is equally indebted to conventions used for praising the divine in the Greco-Roman tradition. In light of these hymnic traditions of antiquity, the analysis of the form and content of the Colossian hymn shows how the passage fits well into a Greco-Roman context, and indicates that it is best understood as a quasi-philosophical prose-hymn cited in the context of a paraenetic letter. Finally, in view of ancient epistolary and rhetorical theory and practice, an analysis of the role of the hymn in Colossians suggests that the hymn serves a number of significant rhetorical functions throughout the remainder of the letter.
Beschreibung:	Bibliography p. [271] - 280
Beschreibung:	IX, 295 S. 24 cm
ISBN:	3161492552 3-16-149255-2 9783161492556 978-3-16-149255-6