The Magnificat: Cento, Psalm or Imitatio?
Scholars have long noted the prominence of LXX words and themes in the Magnificat (Luke 1.46-55). Various attempts have been made to explain this prominence. Some have suggested that the Magnificat is a sort of cento, others that it is modelled upon the OT Psalms. This study will propose that it is...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2009
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Tyndale bulletin
Année: 2009, Volume: 60, Numéro: 1, Pages: 25-46 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
magnificat
B luke B Imitatio B Synoptic Gospels B Rhetoric B Gospels B New Testament B Centon Littérature |
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| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | Scholars have long noted the prominence of LXX words and themes in the Magnificat (Luke 1.46-55). Various attempts have been made to explain this prominence. Some have suggested that the Magnificat is a sort of cento, others that it is modelled upon the OT Psalms. This study will propose that it is an example of what was known in the Graeco-Roman rhetorical tradition as speech in character (προσωποποιΐα) employing the technique of imitatio, and will show that many details in the text of the hymn seem to support this hypothesis. |
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| ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53751/001c.29265 |