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  • Naming 1 Timothy 3.16b: A ‘Hymn’ by another Name?

  • Lyn M. Kidson
  • Journal:
    New Testament Studies / Volume 69 / Issue 1 / January 2023
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    06 December 2022, pp. 43-56
    Print publication:
    January 2023
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  • Most scholars assume that 1 Timothy 3.16b is a hymn, or a fragment of a hymn, belonging to another context. However, Furley (1995) points out that even the ancients had difficulty categorising their poetic materials. 1 Timothy 3.16b has no metre and neither praises God nor asks him for benefits, which are the usual indicators of a hymn. This article argues that 1 Timothy 3.16b was written by the writer for insertion into the letter, and it was intended to be used in his congregation as a bulwark (1 Tim 3.15) against his opponents. 1 Timothy 3.16b more closely resembles an epigram, normally written to accompany an epiphany of a god.