Singing with the Savior: reconstructing the ritual ring-dance in the Gospel of the Savior
In this article I reconstruct verse 72 of the Gospel of the Savior and show that the reconstruction portrays the Savior singing in the midst of a ring-dance. I also answer two questions about this choral ring-dance : First, what significance did this ritual likely have for the Egyptian Christians wh...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
2013
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Apocrypha
Year: 2013, Volume: 24, Pages: 255-279 |
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| Summary: | In this article I reconstruct verse 72 of the Gospel of the Savior and show that the reconstruction portrays the Savior singing in the midst of a ring-dance. I also answer two questions about this choral ring-dance : First, what significance did this ritual likely have for the Egyptian Christians who used the Gospel of the Savior ? Second, within the liturgical world of the Gospel of the Savior, what was the purpose of the Savior’s mysterious ring-dance ? I argue that the responsory-ring in the Gospel of the Savior was signifi cant for some Egyptian Christians because it defended Coptic theological views of the incarnation and human salvation. Within the Gospel of the Savior, the purpose of the liturgy was to deify the disciples by transforming them to be like the Savior, and to praise the Savior’s supremacy as the divine King. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Apocrypha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.APOCRA.1.103505 |