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Hymn-source redaction criticism

Treats the Prologue as a pre-existing hymn reworked and prefaced to the Gospel; disputes whether the hymn was pre-Christian (Bultmann) or early-Christian and Johannine (Brown).

Rudolf Bultmann · Raymond E. Brown

Readings in this camp 2

• Rudolf Bultmannengine

  a pre-Christian Baptist/Mandaean hymn, christianized

  on John 1:1–3 — the Logos (the Prologue)

• Raymond E. Brownengine

  an early Christian hymn from Johannine circles

  on John 1:1–3 — the Logos (the Prologue)