Hymns and the Christian "myth" / Lionel Adey
1988, 2nd edition. Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #384729
Physical description; 288 pp. Contents; [Part 1], The hymn : Beginnings and forms -- What hymns are -- Hymns and the Bible -- The odes of Solomon and the early Christians -- A note on the Byzantine hymn -- [Part 2], The myth in medieval Christendom -- "Creator of all things" : God the father -- The coming of Christ -- The heart of the myth : Christ crucified and risen -- The testament of the Spirit -- The four last things -- [Part 3], The myth and the Reformation -- The Father returns -- Christ applied -- How the end of things appeared -- [Part 4], Modern hymns : the mutations of God -- The Father -- The Messiah -- The Holy Spirit -- Convergence and cleavage. Subjects; Hymns History and criticism. Sacred songs. Myth in the Bible.
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