The New Testament Christological Hymns

Description:

A study of the hymnic and liturgical material in the New Testament which describes Christ's nature and person. Professor Sanders analyzes the hymns in detail and finds in them a common mythological pattern. He traces its origin to a particular and unorthodox branch of Judaism which is itself a branch of the 'wisdom' tradition where the thanksgiving hymn had its home. His conclusions therefore have considerable importance and implications for questions about the origins of Gnosticism and its influence on Christianity. This is the full-scale historical religious study of the New Testament Christological hymns, and English readers will find particularly useful Professor Sanders' critical survey of recent continental scholarship on this and related subjects.

subjects: Bible,  Criticism, interpretation,  History,  Person and offices,  Biblia,  Hvalnice,  Kristologija,  Canticum (Liturgie),  Relation to the New Testament,  Personne et fonctions,  Critique, interprétation,  Theology,  Bibel,  Hymnen,  Nieuwe Testament,  Gnostic literature,  History of doctrines,  Enseignement biblique,  Christologie,  Histoire,  Neues Testament,  Wisdom literature,  Doctrinal Theology,  Canticum,  Hymns in the Bible,  Jesus christ, person and offices,  Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t.,  Jesus christ, history of doctrines,  Bible, theology, n. t.,  Literature, history and criticism,  Gnosticism

People: Jesus Christ

Times: 20th century