The Mystery of Anointing: Hippolytus' Commentary on the Song of Songs in Social and Critical Contexts : : Texts, Translations, and Comprehensive Study / / Yancy Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Smith, Yancy,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (652 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --; FOREWORD --; PREFACE --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. HIPPOLYTUS THE EXEGETE --; 2. WOMEN IN HIPPOLYTUS' COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS --; 3. ON THE SONG OF SONGS IN THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF "HERESIES" --; 4. EMBODIED LOGOS, DOMESTIC ART AND ACCULTURATION --; 5. RHETORICAL SITUATION PART ONE: ETHOS IN THE COMMENTARY --; 6. THE RHETORICAL SITUATION PART TWO: STRUCTURE AND SEASON IN THE MYSTAGOGY OF HIPPOLYTUS --; 7. RHETORICAL SITUATION PART THREE: THE COMMENTARY IN ITS CELEBRATORY CONTEXT --; 8. HERMENEUTICAL APPROACH --; 9. MYSTERY AND DIVINE ECONOMY --; 10. CONCLUSIONS --; 11. ANNOTATED TRANSLATION --; WORKS CITED --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463234850; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463234850
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Yancy Smith.

The first English translation and study of St. Hippolytus' fascinating, early third-century commentary 'On the Song of Songs'. Important for the history of biblical interpretation, rival identities of early Christians, liturgy, and mystagogy in the pre-Constantinian church.