Teaching through song in Antiquity : didactic hymnody among Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Christians - Gordley, Matthew E., 1972- (T bingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, 2011)
Preface -- 1. Beginning a study of ancient didactic hymns -- 2. Homeric hymns and Hesiodic poetry -- 3. Didactic hymns and prayers in the service of philosophy -- 4. Didactic aspects of the praises of human rulers -- 5. Didactic hymns in the Hebrew Bible -- 6. Didactic hymns in Jewish writings from the second temple period to the second century -- 7. Didactic hymns in the dead sea scrolls -- 8. Didactic hymns in the letters of the new testament -- 9. Didactic hymns in the New Testament narratives and the apocalypse -- 10. Didactic hymns in early Christian writings -- 11. Didactic hymns and the communities that treasured them.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Hymns, Early Christian -- History and criticism; Hymns, Greek (Classical) -- History and criticism; Jewish hymns -- History and criticism; Hymns in the Bible