Gordley, Matthew E.,  1972- <br/><br/>
Teaching through song in Antiquity :  didactic hymnody among Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Christians /  [manuscript] : 
 Teaching through song 
Matthew E. Gordley. 
 - T bingen, Germany :  Mohr Siebeck,  c2011. 
 - xiv, 445 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. II ;  302 .
 - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament.,  2. Reihe ;  302. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783161507229 (pbk.) :  89.00 3161507223 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011430212 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hymns, Early Christian--History and criticism.<br/>Hymns, Greek (Classical)--History and criticism.<br/>Jewish hymns--History and criticism.<br/>Hymns in the Bible.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS2545.H94  / G675 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>203/.8