The Johannine Prologue and Jewish Didactic Hymn Traditions: A New Case for Reading the Prologue as a Hymn.
Presents literary criticism with an analysis of the prologue passage of the New Testament Gospel of John, asserting that it is an example of early Christian didactic hymnody. Details are given identifying and classifying the features of pre-Christian didactic hymn-writing and asserting that the Gosp...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 128; no. 4; pp. 781 - 803 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Society of Biblical Literature
Winter2009
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| Sumario: | Presents literary criticism with an analysis of the prologue passage of the New Testament Gospel of John, asserting that it is an example of early Christian didactic hymnody. Details are given identifying and classifying the features of pre-Christian didactic hymn-writing and asserting that the Gospel of John fits within that framework. Challenges to the author's view by the religious scholar Daniel Boyarin are outlined and addressed in turn. |
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