9783161492556-3161492552-The Colossian Hymn in Context: An Exegesis in Light of Jewish and Greco-Roman Hymnic and Epistolary Conventions (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe)

The Colossian Hymn in Context: An Exegesis in Light of Jewish and Greco-Roman Hymnic and Epistolary Conventions (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe)

ISBN-13: 9783161492556
ISBN-10: 3161492552
Author: Matthew E. Gordley
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Format: Paperback 295 pages
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ISBN-13: 9783161492556
ISBN-10: 3161492552
Author: Matthew E. Gordley
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Format: Paperback 295 pages

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The Colossian Hymn in Context: An Exegesis in Light of Jewish and Greco-Roman Hymnic and Epistolary Conventions (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe) (ISBN-13: 9783161492556 and ISBN-10: 3161492552), written by authors Matthew E. Gordley, was published by Mohr Siebeck in 2007. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Colossian Hymn in Context: An Exegesis in Light of Jewish and Greco-Roman Hymnic and Epistolary Conventions (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.49.

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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.

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