BIBLIJNY KONTEKST HYMNU MAGNIFICAT

The author casts „The Magnificat” against the thought and wideliterary context of the Old Testament. He points to the three levelscreating the background to the Canticle of Mary. The first of theseconcerns language, where the author addresses the attempts to retrovertthe text from Greek to Hebrew. The following level deals withthe analogies to selected Old Testament phrases and verses, whereasthe third addresses the references to important concepts and ideasextant in the Old Testament.