Download or read book The Hymns of Luke's Infancy Narratives written by Stephen Farris and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These hymns, the Magnificat, Benedictus and Nunc Dimittis, are a familiar part of Christian liturgy; but their origin is uncertain, their meaning debated and their significance within Luke-Acts often ignored. This monograph argues that they were composed in Hebrew by Jewish-Christian poets, and were incorporated by the evangelist as anticipating certain key themes of his own work.