TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Gordley,Matthew E.
TI  - Teaching through song in Antiquity: didactic hymnody among Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Christians 
SN  - 9783161507229 (pbk.) :
AV  - BS2545.H94 G675 2011
U1  - 203/.8 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - T bingen, Germany
PB  - Mohr Siebeck
KW  - Hymns, Early Christian
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Hymns, Greek (Classical)
KW  - Jewish hymns
KW  - Hymns in the Bible
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -