TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Yancy TI - The Mystery of Anointing: Hippolytus' Commentary on the Song of Songs in Social and Critical Contexts: Texts, Translations, and Comprehensive Study T2 - Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics SN - 9781463202187 U1 - 230 PY - 2015///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463234850 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463234850 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463234850/original ER -